Blissymbols

ideographic writing system
Language language Q609817
Blissymbols
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Blissymbols

Summary

Blissymbols is a language[1]. Blissymbols ranks in the top 3% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (151 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Blissymbols is the creator of Charles K. Bliss[3].
  • Blissymbols's instance of is recorded as language[4].
  • Blissymbols's instance of is recorded as constructed writing system[5].
  • Blissymbols's instance of is recorded as unicase alphabet[6].
  • Blissymbols's instance of is recorded as constructed language[7].
  • Blissymbols's instance of is recorded as ideographic writing system[8].
  • Charles K. Bliss is named after Blissymbols[9].
  • Blissymbols is a type of hieroglyph[10].
  • Blissymbols is a type of pasigraphy[11].
  • Blissymbols's writing system is recorded as Blissymbols[12].
  • Blissymbols's Commons category is recorded as Blissymbols[13].
  • 1949 marks the founding of Blissymbols[14].
  • Blissymbols's official website is recorded as http://www.blissymbolics.org/[15].
  • Chinese characters inspired Blissymbols[16].
  • Blissymbols's described at URL is recorded as https://database.conlang.org/view/?conlang=99[17].
  • Blissymbols's described at URL is recorded as https://cals.info/language/blissymbols/[18].
  • Blissymbols's described at URL is recorded as http://inthelandofinventedlanguages.com/index.php?page=languages&id=359[19].
  • Blissymbols's described at URL is recorded as https://database.conlang.org/view/?conlang=1929[20].
  • Blissymbols's described at URL is recorded as https://langmaker.github.io/db/mdl_blissymbolics.htm[21].
  • Blissymbols's script directionality is recorded as left-to-right[22].
  • Blissymbols's name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Blissymbols'}[23].
  • Blissymbols's name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'symboles Bliss'}[24].
  • Blissymbols's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/ZBL[25].
  • Blissymbols's exact match is recorded as http://data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#bll-133081893[26].
  • Blissymbols's linguistic typology is recorded as subject–verb–object[27].

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Works and Contributions

Blissymbols is the creator of Charles K. Bliss[3].

Why It Matters

Blissymbols ranks in the top 3% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (151 views/month).[2] Blissymbols has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Blissymbols is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Creator Charles K. Bliss
    Inception +1949-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Inception
    Writing system Blissymbols
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 8220, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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