Nsibidi is a system of thousands of symbols. The meaning of these symbols is only known to the Leopard society, a secret society of men in Africa. Whereas it is still being used in a tribal context (?), applied in tattoes, textile patterns and hand gestures, it also inspires contemporary artists.
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Cuneiform
Egyptian hieroglyphs
Phoenician
Etruscan
Greek
Latin
Galgolitic
Cyrillic
Runes
Ogham
Syriac
Aramiac
Hebrew
Arabic
Georgian
Mongolian
Indus script
Dhivehi
Javanese
Brahmi
Devanagari
Kawi
Baybayin
Oracle Bone Script
Seal scripts
Chinese
Hangul
Japanese
Yi script
Nüshu
Dongba
Pahawh Hmong
xia xia
Inuktitut syllabary
Cherokee Alphabet
Mik' maq
Quipu
Zapotec
Mayan hieroglyphs
Vai
Ndebele
Bassa Vah
Nsibidi
Tifinagh
Ge’ez script