Origin
Blissymbolics were developed by Charles K. Bliss (1897-1985). Bliss originally called his invention "Semantography" and intended for it to be used as a universal written language which would enable speakers of different languages to communicate with one another.Since 1971 Blissymbolics have been used mainly as a communication aid for people with communication, language and learning difficulties. Such people have limited or no ability to use ordinary spoken and/or written language but manage to learn Blissymbolics.
Notable features
- Blissymbolics consists of over 2,000 basic symbols which can be combined together to create a huge variety of new symbols.
- The symbols can be formed into sentences and their order is based on English word order
- The symbols are made up of simple shapes designed to be easy to write.
- Blissymbolics are used in over 33 countries.
A selection of Blissymbolics symbols
Links
Information about Blissymbolicshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blissymbols
http://blissym.com/
http://www.symbols.net/blissymbolics/
http://www.blissymbols.co.uk
Blissymbolics Communication International - a charitable organisation which promotes and supports the use of Blissymbolics: http://www.blissymbolics.org
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