Several years ago, my linguistic research team and I began developing a computational tool we call ‘Read-y Grammarian’. Our goal was to reconstruct the highly fragmentary text of the Singapore Stone, a relic from the 10th to 14th centuries that features an undeciphered script similar to Kawi.
The software uses a specialised algorithm that applies digital philology (the study of oral and written texts) and epigraphy (the study of written matter recorded on hard or durable material) techniques to analyse ancient inscriptions.
