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Quilted Languages

Credits

The people behind Quilted Languages, why it exists, and where its words, maps and fonts come from.

Made by

Taizo Wiggins

Research, writing and concept

Coming soon

More names, including Taizo's advisor, are coming soon.

Why this project

I want the audience to renew their understanding of “national” languages as products of collaboration, borrowing and trade internationally as opposed to compartmentalized individualistic native inventions.

Language as a tool of nationalism is often if not universally used in contrast or opposition to other languages and “foreign influence” but this perception of a nation’s language as a native endeavor without outside input is completely impossible and illogical even in deeply isolationist/nationalized languages like Romanian and Japanese and people aren’t aware enough of that.

Sources for the words

Coming soon

Sources for the words are coming soon. Each word and blog section will list its own.

Maps, fonts and images

  • Globe outlines: Natural Earth, public domain (via the world-atlas package).
  • Fonts: Source Serif 4, Source Sans 3 and Noto Sans JP, under the SIL Open Font License.
  • The quilt patterns and icons were drawn for this site.