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Please help recognize the language
스레드 게시자: Natalia Postrigan
Natalia Postrigan
Natalia Postrigan  Identity Verified
미국
Local time: 12:34
회원(2016)
영어에서 러시아어
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Nov 22, 2019

A man was hospitalized in rural Ohio. He seems to have a trauma and is struggling to communicate. Does anyone recognize the language on the note he wrote?

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Katya Kesten
Katya Kesten
Local time: 14:34
러시아어에서 영어
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Which direction was he writing in? Nov 23, 2019

It kind of looks like it was written right to left and like there's shins, mems, tets, and kafs in there (Hebrew). Might be totally off, though! Hope you guys can help him ASAP!
 
Katya Kesten
Katya Kesten
Local time: 14:34
러시아어에서 영어
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Or, maybe, Thai? Nov 23, 2019

And, he just didn't have the dexterity to make the little circles...? Sorry, I don't actually speak Thai. Hopefully, this bumps up the post though...

Vadim Kadyrov
 
ProvenThai (X)
ProvenThai (X)
미국
Local time: 15:34
영어에서 타이어
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It looks like an ancient Tai language Nov 23, 2019

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tai_languages

The Tai or Zhuang–Tai[2] languages (Thai: ภาษาไท or ภาษาไต, transliteration: p̣hās̛̄āthay or p̣hās̛̄ātay), are a branch of the Kra–Dai language family. The Tai languages include the most widely spoken of the Tai–Kadai languages, including Standard Thai or Siamese, the national language of Thailand;... See more
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tai_languages

The Tai or Zhuang–Tai[2] languages (Thai: ภาษาไท or ภาษาไต, transliteration: p̣hās̛̄āthay or p̣hās̛̄ātay), are a branch of the Kra–Dai language family. The Tai languages include the most widely spoken of the Tai–Kadai languages, including Standard Thai or Siamese, the national language of Thailand; Lao or Laotian, the national language of Laos; Myanmar's Shan language and Zhuang, a major language in the Southern Chinese province of Guangxi. ▲ Collapse
 
Arabic & More
Arabic & More  Identity Verified
요르단
아라비아어에서 영어
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Physical appearance? Nov 23, 2019

Any other clues, such as race or physical appearance?

Liviu-Lee Roth
 
Natalia Postrigan
Natalia Postrigan  Identity Verified
미국
Local time: 12:34
회원(2016)
영어에서 러시아어
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주제 스타터
Thank you for helping Nov 23, 2019

Thank you all very much for the helpful suggestions. I am not on site myself and have not seen the man, but I got involved with the campaign to help him through the network. I also asked if the physical appearance provided any clues, and I don't have an answer yet.

Liviu-Lee Roth
Katya Kesten
 
André Müller
André Müller
독일
Local time: 21:34
독일어에서 에스페란토
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Not a "normal" script Sep 12, 2022

I can verify that this is not any of the existing (or dead) scripts of the world in their normal form. It's definitely not Hebrew or (ancient) Thai. Those look very different.

My guess is that it's more or less just scribbles and that the patient has lost the ability to write entirely, kind of a graphematic aphasia. It's likely that they were trying to write their native language.
 


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