Amharic foundations
Build an Amharic vocabulary you can use in sentences.
Read introduction and examples →Learning library
Learn a language. Meet a new writing system. Give your tongue something to talk about.
Explore lessons from NorthAfricanLinguistics, including modern languages and historical scripts. Each course page includes a practical introduction, examples from the lessons and a suggested way to study. All pages are readable without signing in.
Language courses
Build vocabulary and connect written words with their meanings through ordered lessons.
Coptic · Layton chapters 2–20
Read Coptic vocabulary chapter by chapter.
Read introduction and examples →Writing system courses
Explore letters, signs and reading correspondences. These courses focus on recognizing a writing system rather than promising a complete spoken-language curriculum.
Demotic reading
Begin recognizing Demotic signs, then work through the reading lessons.
Read introduction and examples →ASLwrite · Digibet
Learn the Digibet through visual pairs.
Read introduction and examples →Oromo · Bakri Sapalo alphabet
Explore the Bakri Sapalo writing system for Oromo.
Read introduction and examples →Old Runes · Writing systems
Recognize rune forms and their supplied readings.
Read introduction and examples →Sundanese · Alphabet
Build from Sundanese vowels and consonants to combined forms.
Read introduction and examples →Hieratic · Uniliterals
Practice identifying Hieratic uniliteral sign images.
Read introduction and examples →Old Nubian · Alphabet
Meet the Old Nubian alphabet in one focused lesson.
Read introduction and examples →Mongolian · Writing system
Read traditional Mongolian in its vertical layout.
Read introduction and examples →Meroitic · Writing system
Compare the supplied Meroitic cursive and hieroglyphic forms.
Read introduction and examples →Egyptian hieroglyphs · Uniliterals
Learn the supplied Egyptian uniliteral signs.
Read introduction and examples →Ugaritic · Writing system
Recognize Ugaritic characters with reading and comparison notes.
Read introduction and examples →Yezidi · Alphabet
Learn Yezidi letter shapes from the supplied images.
Read introduction and examples →Syriac · Writing system
Explore Syriac consonants, visual styles and reading practice.
Read introduction and examples →Phoenician · Writing system
Recognize Phoenician letters before practicing longer forms.
Read introduction and examples →Tigrinya · Writing system
Build familiarity with the Tigrinya writing charts.
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