A question to all #linguistics enthusiasts in the fediverse.
The picture shows one of artist Abdullah Al Saadi's Diaries, exhibited at the 2017 Venice Biennale of Art. He was born and lives in the UAE.
My question is: What language is it written in? Most of his diaries are in Arabic, but this does not look like it. It's written from right to left, so it's not Ethiopic or Tifinagh either. Any clues?
@miramarco
Some characters look like ancient greek to me.
Don't they explain it ? Or could it be some kind of secret alphabet (like leonardo da vinci)?
@CountZero The curators didn't explain it, also because it was only one scroll out of 39, while the others were clearly written in Arabic. They mentioned the Dead Sea Scrolls as the inspiration for the work, but I feel like it doesn't help much. What drives me mad is that I can't find any mention of this anywhere on the Internet 😮 Yeah, I also think it can be a secret alphabet – apparently the artist likes creating new ones!
