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
ⰀAzuА/ɑ/AzъAzIPhoenician alphabet Aleph or the sign of the cross[18]
ⰁBoukyБ/b/BukyBukylettersUnknown[18]
ⰂVedeВ/ʋ/VěděVedito knowPossibly Latin V[18]
ⰃGlagoluГ/ɡ/GlagoliGlagolito do/to speakPossibly cursive Greek gamma γ[18]
ⰄDobroД/d/DobroDobrokindness/goodGreek delta Δ[18]
ⰅJestuЄ, Е, Э/ɛ/JestъJestis/existsPossibly Samaritan he ࠄ or Greek sampiϡ[18]
ⰆZhiveteЖ/ʒ/ŽivěteZhivetelife/liveUnknown,[18] possibly Coptic janjaϫ[citation needed] or Pisces (astrology) Pisces.svg
ⰇDzeloЅ/dz/DzěloDzeloveryUnknown[18]
ⰈZemljaЗ/z/ZemljaZemljaEarth/ground/soilPossible a variant of Greek theta θ[18]
Ⰹ, ⰊI, IzheИ, Й/i, j/IžeIzhewhich is/thePossibly Greek iota with dieresis ϊ[18]
ⰋIІ, Ї/i, j/IIand (&)Unknown,[18]
ⰌGjervЋ, Ђ/dʑ/Djervь, ǵervьtree/woodUnknown[18]
ⰍKakoК/k/KakoKakohow/asHebrew qoph ק‎[18]
ⰎLjudieЛ/l, ʎ/LjudieLjudipeoplePossibly Greek lambda λ[18]
ⰏMysliteМ/m/MysliteMisletethought/thinkGreek mu μ[18]
ⰐNashiН/n, ɲ/NašьNashoursUnknown[18]
ⰑOnuО/ɔ/OnъOnheUnknown[18]
ⰒPokoiП/p/PokojPokojcalmness/peacePossibly a variant of early Greek pi Π[18]
ⰓRiciР/r/Rьci, rьtsiRtsiSpeak!/Pronounce!Possibly Greek rho ρ[18]
ⰔSlovoС/s/SlovoSlovoword/speechUnknown,[18]
ⰕTvridoТ/t/TvrьdoTverdosolid/hard/surelyPerhaps from crossbar of Greek tau τ[18]
ⰖUkuУ/u/UkъUkKnowledgeable/EnlightenedLigature of onъ and izhitsa[18]
ⰗFrituФ/f/FrьtъFertVariant of Greek phi φ[18]
ⰘHeruХ/x/XěrъKherUnknown, similar to glagoli and Latinh[18]
ⰙOutѠ/ɔ/OtъOht, OmegaFromLigature of onъ and its mirror image[18]
ⰛShtaЩ/tʲ, ʃt/Šta/ŠčaShta/ShchaLigature of sha over tvrьdo[18]
ⰜCiЦ/ts/Ci, tsiTsiFinal form of Hebrew tsade ץ‎[18]
ⰝChriviЧ/tʃ/ČrьvъChervwormUnknown, similar to shta[18] perhaps non-final form of Hebrew tsade צ
ⰞShaШ/ʃ/ŠaShaHebrew shin ש‎[18]
ⰟJeruЪ/ɯ/JerъYerPossibly modification of onъ[18]
ⰟⰉJeryЫ/ɨ/JeryYeryLigature, see the note under the table
ⰠJeriЬ/ə/JerьYer`Possibly modification of onъ[18]
ⰡJatiѢ/æ, jɑ/Jatь, YatьYatPossibly epigraphic Greek alpha Α[18]
ⰦGlagolitsaJo.gifЁ*/jo/Unknown:[18] Hypothetical component of jonsь below; /jo/ was not possible at the time
ⰣJouЮ/ju/Ju, yuYuUnknown[18]
ⰤEnsu (small jousu)Ѧ, Я/ɛ̃/[Ensь]Ya, Small yusGreek epsilon ε, also used to denote nasality[18]
ⰧJensu (small jousu)Ѩ/jɛ̃/[Jensь][Small iotated yus]Ligature of jestъ and ensь for nasality[18]
ⰨOnsu (big jousu)Ѫ/ɔ̃/[Onsь][Big yus]Ligature of onъ and ensь for nasality[18]
ⰩJonsu (big jousu)Ѭ/jɔ̃/[Jonsь][Big iotated yus]Ligature of unknown letter and ensь for nasality[18]
ⰪThitaѲ/θ/[Thita]FitaGreek theta θ[18]
ⰫYzhicaѴ/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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