Elavi (Sylvan Writing)
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The Elavi is one of the oldest forms of writing developed by Sylvans. Originally, the Elavi was written on round clay tablets using the stiff leaves from Elavi reeds. The pressing of the leaves onto the clay at 16 different angles also was used to form characters that made up the Elder Elavi.
The Elder or High Elavi consisted of thousands of characters and pictograms depicting plants, animals on objects common to the Sylvan Kingdoms. Later, the Elavi was simplified to eight different angles to allow lesser educated Sylvans and other races read and write sylvan. From this Middle Elavi and contact with Humans and their simple alphabet, the Elavi was further simplified into the Common Elavi, which consists of 27 Alphabetic Symbols and 16 Numeric Symbols.
The the left is a set of clay blocks mounted on a recessed wooden board depicting the 27 characters of the Common Elavi and the symbol for a space. These blocks are used to teach Sylvan children who are too young to accurately form the symbols.
Elavi is written from top to bottom, and from right to left because originally Sylvan scribes in official functions use their left hand to write and their right to operate Quanla'Soldiaur (counting dials).
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