Written Language

Definition

Written language is a system of communication that uses visual symbols — such as letters, characters, or marks — to represent the sounds, words, or ideas of a spoken language. It allows information to be recorded, shared across distance, and preserved over time, independent of the speaker or listener being physically present.

Improvements from spoken language

1. Idea is independent of their original host thus, ideas can even survive if the host dies.
2. Allows ideas to travel to be transmitted to places where the speaker can't.
3. Doesn't require the host to shout or speak or travel to transmit the ideas.
4. Allows ideas to be broadcasted to a much larger audience than through speaking.

Benefits

1. Allows ideas to become fixed and immune to change.
2. Allows easy shipment of ideas to distant lands.
3. The medium through which it is passed (i.e. Books) tend to not go bad easily.

Tips

1. Try to keep your language syllabic(A system where each symbol represents an entire syllable) rather than alphabetic(A system where each symbol represents a single sound).
2. Keep the symbols easy to write.
3. Keep the characters consistent. Example: If you have a character that looks like horn, don't assign it to goat.
4. Introduce effective punctuation to break sentence and make it easier to read and write