Writing Systems, Graphemes and Scripts - Decipherment Club #3

We’ve been digging into the decipherment of ancient scripts. But do you really know what “writing” means?

Take a few minutes to think about writing the way decipherers do. Along the way, learn about:

graphemes & allographs
glyphs & diacritics
scripts & writing systems
graphemics & graphetics

The word writing can mean any of these!

I want to put some art and thought into the history of writing. Expect more on this topic in the upcoming months.
UPDATE - more indeed! It's called Thoth's Pill:
   • Thoth's Pill: an Animated History of ... …

Audio, art and animation by NativLang

CC 3.0 image attributions:
Louvre Hieroglyphs, Neithsabes, modified by NativLang
Korykian Cave Inscription, Zde

Music:
The Voyage, Jason Shaw (audionautix.com)