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Emoji Mojo

Set of emojis from Apple that show cultural and language, especially the universal language of emojis. (Image courtesy of Apple.)

Some of the 2018 new emojis
Courtesy of Apple


Are Emojis the World’s First Universal Language?

Imagine archaeologists finding a set of emojis 1000 years from now in a buried time capsule. Or, picture visitors from faraway galaxies stumbling on Earth’s emoji language.


What would they think of us as they looked over this strange range of pictorial symbols?


Emoji faces from Apple, showing culture and language and the universal language of emojis. (Image from Emojipedia.)

What kind of culture does this pictorial language represent?
Emojipedia


These time travelers would surely gain some interesting clues to culture and language in the digital age of the early 2000s.


They would know that we humans have a range of emotions

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Published on November 20, 2018 03:00
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