The alien language is based on the circle

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foebane72 — 9 years ago(November 11, 2016 02:37 AM)

It just occurred to me, it's like the circle represents time on a clock face and the little splodges are events that happen on them at various times. Or is it not as simple as that?
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wearyourlove — 9 years ago(November 11, 2016 12:43 PM)

It's not so literal. The circularity of the pictogram indicates, as is explicated in the film, that their language and by extension their thought has no beginning or end.