Forum:Rosetta stone

A thought I had, who would want here who make their own orthography attempt creating a rosetta stone with our scrifts? Same text, translated and written in it The Emperor Zelos 16:53, September 13, 2010 (UTC)

Sure, I'm game Adagio burner 20:19, September 13, 2010 (UTC)

Mine is currenlty in development but finally starting to take shape, other than the obvious "All these languages say the same thing" what should we include?

Well, the Rosetta Stone was written to declare the divine rule of Ptolemy. Is there a specific purpose for this "stone"? If it's just for display, you could recite linguistic constants. Razlem 21:37, September 13, 2010 (UTC)

That doesnt sound very realistic, something plausible and culturally neutral would be nice The Emperor Zelos 16:11, September 14, 2010 (UTC)

Can't go wrong with Human Rights :P Razlem 16:43, September 14, 2010 (UTC)

You can


 * 1) My language isnt for humans


 * 1) One language I am working on is with a culture where the concept of "rights" in that form is non-existent

I suggest more a hypothetical story about a cataclytic event taking place affecting all cultures and hence gives them a reason to write it down "in stone". The Emperor Zelos 16:51, September 14, 2010 (UTC)
 * 1) Its too focused on human culture especially western.

A plague maybe? For any other disaster, one wouldn't have time to write it in stone. And if one did, the stone would probably be destroyed. A volcano is one, but it's not necessarily a catalytic event. Earthquakes are sudden. And if catalytic, no one would be around to scribe. A dying sun, but the resulting nova would obliterate the planet and certainly any stone on the planet (unless you somehow manage to send the stone at warp speed, but then you wouldn't need to stay on the planet). A tsunami, but same deal with the earthquake. Civilizations generally don't have time to document worldwide catalytic events- they're too busy running. Idk. Maybe I'm not understanding your reasoning. Razlem 17:08, September 14, 2010 (UTC)