Please help recognize the language Thread poster: Natalia Postrigan
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Natalia Postrigan 
United States
Local time: 20:37
Member (2016)
English to Russian
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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?
| | | | | 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!
| | | | | 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...
| | | | ProvenThai (X)
United States
Local time: 23:37
English to Thai
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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
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| Physical appearance? | Nov 23, 2019 |
Any other clues, such as race or physical appearance?
| | | | Natalia Postrigan
United States
Local time: 20:37
Member (2016)
English to Russian
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TOPIC STARTER | 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.
| | | | André Müller
Germany
Local time: 05:37
German to Esperanto
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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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