All This Disparate Language

Learned Color Spectacular 2022 #3

Among my circle of friends, it's not hard to hear the question, "What languages do you speak?" answered with, "Depends on how you count." And, snarky as this response is, it's also got a degree of validity to it that I thought might be fun to talk about. So, let's talk about it.

Alphabet and numbers (1700-1899) by anonymous. Original from The Rijksmuseum.