<story><title>Can You Identify This Mysterious Old Writing?</title><url>https://www.wnep.com/mobile/article/news/local/wayne-county/can-you-identify-this-mysterious-old-writing/523-c317eaf7-5810-4cce-ab5f-3c669ef0ab2b</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>mynegation</author><text>Tai Le? [1]&lt;p&gt;I honestly don’t know but I stuck some handwritten symbols into Shapecatcher [2] and this is my best guess.&lt;p&gt;Other handwritten examples:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;scriptsource.org&amp;#x2F;cms&amp;#x2F;scripts&amp;#x2F;page.php?item_id=script_detail_use&amp;amp;key=Tale&amp;amp;sort_writing_system_entries_gen=wrSys_displayCode&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;scriptsource.org&amp;#x2F;cms&amp;#x2F;scripts&amp;#x2F;page.php?item_id=script...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;My other guesses were Georgian, Armenian, or (though unlikely) cursive variant of aboriginal syllabics.&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Tai_Le_script&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Tai_Le_script&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[2] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;shapecatcher.com&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;shapecatcher.com&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>8bitsrule</author><text>Here&amp;#x27;s another Tai Le (aka Dehong Dai, Nɯa, Chinese Shan) resource w&amp;#x2F;images. [0] Many links, and a &lt;i&gt;long&lt;/i&gt; list of related languages.
[0]&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.omniglot.com&amp;#x2F;writing&amp;#x2F;tainua.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.omniglot.com&amp;#x2F;writing&amp;#x2F;tainua.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Majority of speakers (&amp;gt;440k) in Yunnan province. &amp;quot;It is also spoken in northern Vietnam, France, Laos, Myanmar, Switzerland, Thailand.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;That distinctive long, vertical u-shape is used in 5 vowels. (Reminds me of Voynich)</text></comment>
<story><title>Can You Identify This Mysterious Old Writing?</title><url>https://www.wnep.com/mobile/article/news/local/wayne-county/can-you-identify-this-mysterious-old-writing/523-c317eaf7-5810-4cce-ab5f-3c669ef0ab2b</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>mynegation</author><text>Tai Le? [1]&lt;p&gt;I honestly don’t know but I stuck some handwritten symbols into Shapecatcher [2] and this is my best guess.&lt;p&gt;Other handwritten examples:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;scriptsource.org&amp;#x2F;cms&amp;#x2F;scripts&amp;#x2F;page.php?item_id=script_detail_use&amp;amp;key=Tale&amp;amp;sort_writing_system_entries_gen=wrSys_displayCode&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;scriptsource.org&amp;#x2F;cms&amp;#x2F;scripts&amp;#x2F;page.php?item_id=script...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;My other guesses were Georgian, Armenian, or (though unlikely) cursive variant of aboriginal syllabics.&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Tai_Le_script&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Tai_Le_script&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[2] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;shapecatcher.com&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;shapecatcher.com&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>skosch</author><text>Nice, Tai Le looks really close!&lt;p&gt;I first thought it might be Deseret Cursive [1], but I don&amp;#x27;t think that&amp;#x27;s it either.&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Deseret_alphabet&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Deseret_alphabet&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>