Picture Language - Conlang Profile	Advanced
Language Name Picture Language Language Author Wally Flint Year Began 1989 Site Picture Language - site 1 Picture Language - site 2 Broken Link No Site Author Wally Flint Language Type international auxiliary language Editorial This serious attempt at an IAL offers picture symbols that can very accurately represent a broad range of specific and abstract concepts, with generalized rules for inventing and interpreting symbols. The www.picturelanguage.com site offers a primer, a grammar, etymologies and sample texts. Uniqueness This language offers picture symbols that can very accurately represent a broad range of specific and abstract concepts. Very generalized rules for inventing and interpreting symbols are provided. Even with the above described representational power, the symbols are very easy to learn. Communicates logical and sequential thought patterns. Capable of expressing ideas more accurately than natural language. Based on easily identified pictures and a handful of mathematical-like principles. Any reader knowing the principles can understand expressions in the language, even if the expressions contain "words" or grammatical constructs unfamiliar to the reader. Language Sources Chinese writing, mathematical notation, engineering graphics. Design Principles For the first time, a language of pictures that can match or even exceed the representational power of natural languages is shown to be possible. Interest Of Others Cognitive psychologists (or research). Dictionary Yes Etymologies Yes Grammar Yes Sample Texts Yes Unique Script Yes Primer Yes Babel Text Yes Submitted By Wally Flint Date Edited Friday, October 08, 2004 Description Of Update Giant Picture Dictionary offers symbols similar to Universal Picture Language. Date To Headline Friday, October 22, 2004 < Pictban  Picture Language  Pig Elvish >
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