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LoCoS (short for Lovers Communication System) is a pictorial language developed by Yukio Ota of Japan in 1964. It was meant as communication for the deaf and mute as well as for the illiterate. It is a universal and simple language, and as Ota put it, "It should emphasize the importance of communication among all the people of all the countries of the world."

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Writing system.name
LoCoS
Writing system.sample
LoCoS (LCS).png
Writing system.type
Ideographic
Writing system.languages
LoCoS
Writing system.creator
Yukio Ota
Writing system.note
none
Writing system.date
1964
Writing system.direction
left-to-right
Language.name
LoCoS
Language.altname
Lovers Communication System
Language.creator
Yukio Ota
Language.created
1964
Language.fam2
International auxiliary language
Language.fam3
Pasigraphy

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1964-00-00
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LoCoS (short for Lovers Communication System) is a pictorial language developed by Yukio Ota of Japan in 1964. It was meant as communication for the deaf and mute as well as for the illiterate. It is a universal and simple language, and as Ota put it, "It should emphasize the importance of communication among all the people of all the countries of the world."

==Symbols== There are eight major symbols in LoCoS.

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