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Written by Mapologies on 2024-11-19 at 11:44

Day 19 of #30DayMapChallenge #MapChallenge: Typography.

There is likely no other symbol that varies in form as much as the question mark does across different languages.

https://mapologies.com/symbols/

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Written by Porru :toka: on 2024-11-19 at 11:47

@mapologies eh? Is ; real in Greek???

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Written by Talya (she/her) 🏳️‍⚧️✡️ on 2024-11-19 at 12:59

@porru @mapologies

i don't see why not. the questionmark is a relatively modern invention, and many languages didn't have it before Europeans spread it. in most languages it's not necessary: it's very clear from grammar and context when a sentence represents a question.

many languages also developed different punctuation systems before the European one came along. Hebrew for example had a system with over 30 punctuation marks, all of which were fully independent from the European system.

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Written by Souvlaki Remastered 👽 on 2024-11-19 at 14:54

@Yuvalne @porru @mapologies

Yes, ; was commonly used in Greek in earlier times. These days, ? is sometimes used as well.

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Written by Talya (she/her) 🏳️‍⚧️✡️ on 2024-11-19 at 15:07

@anarchiv @porru @mapologies

not too surprising, the European influence is strong.

as mentioned Hebrew used to have its own system, but nowadays we use the English system (literally, the Academy for the Hebrew Language defines the modern punctuation system to be the same as the English system).

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Written by Souvlaki Remastered 👽 on 2024-11-19 at 15:17

@Yuvalne @porru @mapologies Ah, I'm not surprised either, given how commonly spoken English is in Israel and how a lot of the Hebrew-speaking diaspora is located in the US.

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