Script

From Civ Game

Civilizations can develop unique writing systems for their language. All nations speaking the same language may use the same writing system. Different languages may also use a common writing system, or a slightly modified one. Writing evolves and changes over time, just like language and creates lineages of similar languages. Difference between two scripts works like in language (contributes to strangeness and determines extent of xenophobia).

[edit] Types

Phonetic, Syllabic, and Pictographic. Each is progressively harder to learn. The harder the script is to learn the higher its convoluted rating is. It affects literacy and inventions based off of the script.

[edit] Reform

Government can reform their script to lower the convoluted rating or change the type if it has been discovered. This may be met with some resistance and will cause an initial dip in literacy before a greater rise (assuming it is being switched to an easier system).