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STUDI / La scrittura a Rapa Nui (Isola di Pasqua) è nata prima dell’arrivo degli europei?
STUDI / La scrittura a Rapa Nui (Isola di Pasqua) è nata prima dell’arrivo degli europei? Una di quattro tavolette in legno con incisioni in Rongorongo potrebbe essere antecedente all’arrivo delle prime navi europee, negli anni venti del Settecento.
Redazione Due gruppi di ricerca dell’Università di Bologna entrambi finanziati dallo ERC – Consiglio Europeo della Ricerca, insieme a studiosi internazionali, hanno pubblicato un articolo su Scientific Reports, rivista del gruppo Nature, dimostrando che la ricerca altamente interdisciplinare porta a risultati di successo. I due progetti ERC che hanno guidato lo studio sono INSCRIBE – Invention…
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Have a look at this utterly gorgeous inscription from Easter Island, part of what is called the rongorongo inscriptions.
This is Aruku-Kurenga, or Verso of rongorongo Tablet B.
Rongorongo is the name given to a series of glyph inscriptions and their associated system found on Easter Island in the mid 19th century. They're thought to be a form of organised writing system, or what some refer to as proto-writing. This (as the wikipedia article on the subjects points out) could represent one of the few truly independent inventions of writing in the world.
And it's gorgeous.
It's a Boustrophedon system, which basically means that each line of text changes its directionality. You can see this in the first image best, with the numbered lines and arrows to show you direction.
To make it easier to understand I've borrow the example from the Wikipedia Article on the subject:
Anyway, hopefully this will prove interesting to folks!
A wooden fish could help linguists learn more about the writing system known as rongorongo.
Researchers have created a three-dimensional model of a tablet covered in the mysterious Rongorongo handwriting from Easter Island, revealin
I do love languages with different scripts. This one is especially fascinating, I think.
RAPA NUI CULTURE, MODERN EASTER ISLAND - REIMIRO ORNAMENT WITH RONGORONGO SCRIPT
Easter Island’s dramatic history is echoed in the local Rapa Nui tongue. Today, the language is severely endangered, but determined islanders refuse to let it disappear.
The Rongorongo script is perhaps Easter Island’s greatest enigma. No-one is sure about how or when it was invented, and only about two dozen texts are known to exist in the world, none of which remain on the island. Most take the form of small wooden tablets, whose intricate glyphs were carved using shark teeth or shards of obsidian. The symbols themselves tend to represent the various flora and fauna of the island, including migratory birds, fish and anthropomorphic figures. Experts believe the texts likely had some sort of sacred purpose, though the meaning itself remains shrouded in mystery.
When it comes to Rongorongo, there are far more questions than answers, but the island’s oral history tells of schools that were created to train young boys to write and interpret the texts. Scribes employed an unusual writing system called reverse boustrophedon, which required the reader to begin at the bottom left-hand corner and flip the tablet upside down at the end of each line.