YDADY code

The YDADY code is a writing system devised in 1999 by Peter Vypušťák that can be used to write many different languages. Each letter and symbol is made up of five dots which are combined together in various way. The letters in turn are combined together to create characters, and it is designed to be economical to write.

Notable features

Type of writing system: alphabet
Direction of writing: left to right in horizontal lines
Used to write: Slovak, English and many other languages, including Latin, Spanish, Greek, French and Armenian
There are 32 based letter forms. Additional letters and symbols are created by doubling the letters, and/or adding modifiers above or below them
Letters join together to form word blocks

YDADY code

Download an alphabet chart for YDADY code (Excel)

Sample texts

Slovak

Sample text in Slovak in YDADY code

English

Sample text in English in YDADY code
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)

Information about YDADY code (in Slovak and English
https://www.ydady.eu/articles/ydadycode.html

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