The Virtual National Museum of Language

Presentations from the Museum

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Language	Title	View online	Download file
Arabic	Calligraphy	Arabic Calligraphy PowerPoint slide show	Arabic Calligraphy Full Powerpoint
	Calligrams	Arabic Calligram: Decorative writing
Chinese	Calligraphy Video	Chinese Calligraphy	iPhone size iPod file Desktop
	Did you know that?	Did you know that? Web presentation without audio	Did you know that? Complete Powerpoint (22 MB zipped folder - requires uncompressing) Quicktime movie with background erhu music
	You Xi Quiz	Web-based flash quiz	Install the flash player for Windows if the quiz doesn't work for you.
Cherokee	The Cherokee Syllabary	Cherokee Page 1 | Page 2	pdf file (Mac users: open with Acrobat to use sound files)
Ge'ez	THE POWER OF THE TEXT: Ge’ez: An Ancient Ethiopic Script in Prince George’s County, Maryland	Ge'ez Web Presentation	The Power of Text - Full PowerPoint
Japanese	The Japanese Writing System	Japanese Writing Web Presentation	Japanese Writing (7.3 MB) PowerPoint Japanese Writing (6 MB) pdf file
Latin	Why study Latin?	Latin Quicktime Presentation	Latin - full powerpoint (46 MB)
Vietnamese	The History of Vietnamese Writing	Vietnamese Writing pdf file	Note: sound files are embedded in the pdf file. Open in Acrobat Reader and click to hear the tones.