FROM PICTOGRAMS TO ALPHABETS: A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY OF VARIOUS WRITING SYSTEMS

Abstract

The study examines the fascinating journey of writing systems from primitive pictograms to the present use of alphabets that serve as the foundation of many modern languages. The study provides an in-depth explorations of the transitions that shaped the development of writing systems in various societies and cultures.  By examining the historical, cultural, and technological factors which influenced these changes, the article aims to unravel the complex web of human communication and the symbolic representation of language to find a common ancestor of all languages in the world: a thought based on Chomskian proposition (1960) provided in Universal Grammar (UG).