Monday 23 June 2014

Hum - The Smallest City in the World!

Welcome to Hum - The Smallest City In The World.  There were 17 people on the 2001 consensus, but there are apparently only 5 people who actually live there now, and it's officially a city.  They have a mayor and each year there is a big election where people from all over the region come and vote.  It's like a festival.


This town dates back to the year 1102 and there was some special type of writing founded there - Glagolitic writing ...
LetterCyrillicSoundOCS nameCS nameMeaningOrigin
AzuА/ɑ/AzъAzIPhoenician alphabet Aleph or the sign of the cross[18]
BoukyБ/b/BukyBukylettersUnknown[18]
VedeВ/ʋ/VěděVedito knowPossibly Latin V[18]
GlagoluГ/ɡ/GlagoliGlagolito do/to speakPossibly cursive Greek gamma γ[18]
DobroД/d/DobroDobrokindness/goodGreek delta Δ[18]
JestuЄЕЭ/ɛ/JestъJestis/existsPossibly Samaritan he ࠄ or Greek sampiϡ[18]
ZhiveteЖ/ʒ/ŽivěteZhivetelife/liveUnknown,[18] possibly Coptic janjaϫ[citation needed] or Pisces (astrology) Pisces.svg
DzeloЅ/dz/DzěloDzeloveryUnknown[18]
ZemljaЗ/z/ZemljaZemljaEarth/ground/soilPossible a variant of Greek theta θ[18]
Ⰹ, ⰊIIzheИЙ/i, j/IžeIzhewhich is/thePossibly Greek iota with dieresis ϊ[18]
IІЇ/i, j/IIand (&)Unknown,[18]
GjervЋЂ/dʑ/Djervь, ǵervьtree/woodUnknown[18]
KakoК/k/KakoKakohow/asHebrew qoph ק‎[18]
LjudieЛ/l, ʎ/LjudieLjudipeoplePossibly Greek lambda λ[18]
MysliteМ/m/MysliteMisletethought/thinkGreek mu μ[18]
NashiН/n, ɲ/NašьNashoursUnknown[18]
OnuО/ɔ/OnъOnheUnknown[18]
PokoiП/p/PokojPokojcalmness/peacePossibly a variant of early Greek pi Π[18]
RiciР/r/Rьci, rьtsiRtsiSpeak!/Pronounce!Possibly Greek rho ρ[18]
SlovoС/s/SlovoSlovoword/speechUnknown,[18]
TvridoТ/t/TvrьdoTverdosolid/hard/surelyPerhaps from crossbar of Greek tau τ[18]
UkuУ/u/UkъUkKnowledgeable/EnlightenedLigature of onъ and izhitsa[18]
FrituФ/f/FrьtъFertVariant of Greek phi φ[18]
HeruХ/x/XěrъKherUnknown, similar to glagoli and Latinh[18]
OutѠ/ɔ/OtъOht, OmegaFromLigature of onъ and its mirror image[18]
ShtaЩ/tʲ, ʃt/Šta/ŠčaShta/ShchaLigature of sha over tvrьdo[18]
CiЦ/ts/Ci, tsiTsiFinal form of Hebrew tsade ץ‎[18]
ChriviЧ/tʃ/ČrьvъChervwormUnknown, similar to shta[18] perhaps non-final form of Hebrew tsade צ
ShaШ/ʃ/ŠaShaHebrew shin ש‎[18]
JeruЪ/ɯ/JerъYerPossibly modification of onъ[18]
ⰟⰉJeryЫ/ɨ/JeryYeryLigature, see the note under the table
JeriЬ/ə/JerьYer`Possibly modification of onъ[18]
JatiѢ/æ, jɑ/Jatь, YatьYatPossibly epigraphic Greek alpha Α[18]
GlagolitsaJo.gifЁ*/jo/Unknown:[18] Hypothetical component of jonsь below; /jo/ was not possible at the time
JouЮ/ju/Ju, yuYuUnknown[18]
Ensu (small jousu)ѦЯ/ɛ̃/[Ensь]Ya, Small yusGreek epsilon ε, also used to denote nasality[18]
Jensu (small jousu)Ѩ/jɛ̃/[Jensь][Small iotated yus]Ligature of jestъ and ensь for nasality[18]
Onsu (big jousu)Ѫ/ɔ̃/[Onsь][Big yus]Ligature of onъ and ensь for nasality[18]
Jonsu (big jousu)Ѭ/jɔ̃/[Jonsь][Big iotated yus]Ligature of unknown letter and ensь for nasality[18]
ThitaѲ/θ/[Thita]FitaGreek theta θ[18]
YzhicaѴ/ʏ, i/IžicaIzhitsaspoonUnknown[18]
(Thank you Wikipedia)

...the oldest Slavic alphabet from the 9th century.  The creation of the characters is apparently attributed to Saints Cyril and Methodius, who may have created them in order to facilitate the introduction of Christianity, by translating the bible for the people of that region.

These are the doors to the city.  The feature 12 circles with pictures showing the people what jobs they should be doing each day.


There are also two door knockers covered in the ancient Glagolitic script.


And the two bull horns that both represent the animals they used to work their fields as well as acting as pretty funky door handles.


Hands up if you can translate this.


Here's a cheat sheet for you.... although, hint.... the don't correspond with the qwerty keyboard.


There are two streets that look just like this...


A couple of souvenir shops and 2 bars!




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