* Michael Everson ... * Peter T. Daniels ... What do you mean by this? That if we ignore how tones are written the script is an alphabet, but if we do consider...
* John Cowan ... Thank you! This was helpful, even though there does appear to be a certain disagreement on this matter. :-) ... We did this one before, and my...
* tuchschk@... ... Do you have more information on this script? Is it still in use? What languages was it used to write? Do you know who created it?...
... The key point here is that the relative positions of certain letters encodes something, which is certainly not typical of an alphabet. -- "And it was said...
... It's just not normal in an alphabetic script for there to be a difference encoded by the relative positions of two letters. A relative position is not a...
... It occurred to me that the notating of tone at all is so unusual in the world's scripts (and by and large confined to Southeast Asia?), maybe it deserves...
... Kinda like Ethiopic, Pollard and Fraser fall out of my head moments after every time I have to use them, but I was amused when typing up the table (or...
hrm.. I've lost track of the original message I wanted to reply to, but, I'm kind of curious as to why the Phajhauj script is all that odd... I mean, how do...
... I think this is mentioned at http://www.ziva.org.zw/afrikan.htm (but not by the name "Kikakui"). - Peter ... Peter Constable Non-Roman Script Initiative,...
Tex: The concern I have in this discussion is a lack of care in use of terminology. For instance, "bidi language" is absolutely meaningless. Languages do not...
... say ... I have been undecided for a while as to whether I'd want to consider Fraser an extension of Latin or a new script derived from Latin. I currently...
... By that approach, cyrillic is just an extension of Greek. Fraser uses a plethora of letters that are not roman, and notates things that are rarely notated...
On Saturday, August 2, 2003, at 10:00 AM, Peter_Constable@... ... I would be very interested in knowing what other languages utilize tifinagh (i've seen...
... So does the IPA, but it is an extension of Latin. But I think Fraser is not an extension of Latin for the glyph reason mentioned. -- Michael Everson * *...
Can someone set this list so that when you hit reply it does not repeat the address in BOTH the To: and Cc: fields? That is why you are getting two of some...
This is a response to the posts by Lars Marius Garshol and Peter Constable re. the Mende Kikakui script of Sierra Leone. The site...
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Aug 2, 2003 3:40 pm
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... Can you come up with any practical examples of RTL scripts which do not require bidirectional implementations? ... My recollection is that while some...
Peter, thanks. I have already agreed to the changes. I will post the revised version here for further review. tex ... -- ... Tex Texin cell: +1 781 789 1898...
... The way this was explained to me, true transliteration requires a one-to-one correspondence between the original symbols (letters, syllables, whatever) and...
I'm 'way behind in my e-mail, and there are lots of interesting messages to read from Qalam. Nevertheless, partly because I have never before learned of the...
... Well, for the most typical of alphabets (Latin), some of the most typical languages witten in it (English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Rumanian,...
Marco Cimarosti
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Aug 4, 2003 11:26 am
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... But you don't _rotate_ the letter to indicate the different sounds! It's merely reflecting the history of the language. -- Peter T. Daniels...
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