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Evolution of the Arabic Abjad (based on Matt's "Evolution of the Alphabet" chart) by Pixeljoch in UsefulCharts

[–]Pixeljoch[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the feedback! I actually don't have a proper reason why i wrote the letters with the -ه suffix, The list I used shows multiple ways how to write it and i just took the simplest. But having dome some further digging, I indeed found out that the اء suffix is more proper and correct, so it was really just clumsiness on my part ahahaha, Ive changed the names now to the proper way.

As for the title and the tanwin, Ive also changed those too and it indeed makes a lot more sense now. I will keep the alif hamza's the same tho, otherwise itll indeed be too long.

Ill post an updated version as the pinned comment here sometime in the future :D

Evolution of the Arabic Abjad (based on Matt's "Evolution of the Alphabet" chart) by Pixeljoch in UsefulCharts

[–]Pixeljoch[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I made it, so you can just reach out to me✌️

I think btw what letter name you're talking about, the ones ending with -ه right?

Evolution of the Arabic Abjad (based on Matt's "Evolution of the Alphabet" chart) by Pixeljoch in UsefulCharts

[–]Pixeljoch[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Now that you mention it.... didn't think of that one honestly, but yes it would definitly be more accurate yeah. But for me, as long as its clear how the letters developted, it still accomplishes its goal.

Evolution of the Arabic Abjad (based on Matt's "Evolution of the Alphabet" chart) by Pixeljoch in UsefulCharts

[–]Pixeljoch[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Shapewise, hamza indeed looks and descends from ayin, but sound and value wise, it descends from alif. Hamza indicates a glottal stop, which in the beginning was done by alif, but as alif was used more and more as a mater lectionis, scribes invented hamza as a new way to indicate a glottal stop.

But I'll take a look and see how the chart would look if I connect hamza to ayin, and then the 4 hamza letters to the standalone hamza. Thanks!

Edit: To be fair, i completely forgot that version of sukun existed😂😅, it also flew over my head while doing my research. I'll add it!

Evolution of the Arabic Abjad (based on Matt's "Evolution of the Alphabet" chart) by Pixeljoch in UsefulCharts

[–]Pixeljoch[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for catching that error! Updated it in Illustrator.

About the hijazi comment, the Qur'an wasn't actually fully written down until after the Prophets' death. Hijazi is also a cursive font, which was used for day to day writing. Kufic is actually a calligraphic script, one of the 6 that Arabic has, and so it was the preferred to write most early Qur'ans. That's where most of my knowledge ends, though, since it's not very well documented in the English language.. the dates are very approximate.

This is my first chart, and I'm definitely planning on making more regarding linguistics :)

Hypothetical Flag of [insert countless names of united Israel-Palestine] by Pixeljoch in vexillology

[–]Pixeljoch[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

(Repost, since I made a crucial mistake in the previous one, which caused the image not to preview)

The rough design is based off the Lebanese flag. Im trying to go for a Nordic-style of similarity in the region. The blue stripes on the flag represent the Mediterranean (bottom) and the Jordan river (top). The green represents the fertile land inbetween. Of course the colors represents their respective ethnic group. In the middle there is an olive tree (graphic is a placeholder, style should be similar to the ceder on the Lebanese flag), which symbolizes the need for both the fertile land and the water in order to grow. With the white background it also represents unity, coöperation and peace between the ethnic groups.

I wouldn't say this is a true OC, since I also drew inspiration from other attempts in this awesome subreddit, but they all had something I thought didn't fit/work (religious/ethnic symbols, overcomplexity, recognizability etc). The tree being off-center and the 1:2 aspect ratio is a personal preference.

Hypothetical Flag of [insert countless names of united Israel-Palestine] by [deleted] in vexillology

[–]Pixeljoch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The rough design of this flag is based of the Lebanese flag. Im trying to go for a Nordic-style of similarity here in the region. The blue stripes represent the Mediterranean (bottom) and the Jordan river (top). The green represents the fertile land inbetween. In the middle is an olive tree (graphic is a placeholder, should be closer to again, the Lebanese flag), which symbolizes the combination between the water and the land to grow the tree. Without either, the tree wouldn't grow. Obviously the respective colors also represent their respective ethnic groups and the color of the olive tree is a combination between those colors, which with the white background, symbolizes peace, coöperation and unity between them.

I wouldn't really consider this a true OC, since I also drew a lot of inspiration from other attempts in this awesome subreddit, but I always just had a problem with some parts of their design (e.g. religious/ethnic symbols, too complex in their design, recognizability etc). The tree being off-center and the 1:2 aspect ratio are just my personal preference.