Earth Language

Earth Language(EL) is a visual language created by Yoshiko McFarland (born 1941). Words are conveyed through a series of 90 symbols or hand gestures, it cannot be spoken. The author believes that traditional language alone inhibits communication while visual language is a fuller, more natural way to communicate. Earth Language is intended to be a universal form of communication. The basis of the language is "fundamental ideograms" which depict ba... more

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  • 1988
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