Kwang characters

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Kwang characters, or Quoncograms, are logographs used to write the Kwang languages and others from regions that had or is still under the Qonklese cultural sphere.

Kwang characters, ironicallly, has since been abolished in Qonklaks in favour of the phonetic Qonklese alphabet, whose adoption led to an unprecidented boost in literacy in said country.

History

Divinatory script

The divinatory script, the earliest attested ancestor of Kwang characters, consists of around several thousand inscriptions found on relics from the Wa-Hiang period. It is thought that the earliest inscriptions evolved from an earlier pictographic stage.

The characters for 'Wa' and 'Hiang' in the divinatory script.

High script

The high script, known contemporarily as the regular script, is the standardized form that was developed in the Lya Dynasty