Dear Qalamites, I am trying to find out whether the following writing systems still in current use. Beside each script, in parentheses, is my current...
Marco Cimarosti
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Apr 2, 2004 10:48 am
2056
... Of course it's still used! Cherokee is one of the few Native American languages that may not be endangered, and Cherokee literacy is a proud attribute of...
... I do not doubt that the Cherokee Nation is literate: the point I am trying to determine is whether Cherokee literacy is (exclusively or mainly) expressed...
Marco Cimarosti
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Apr 2, 2004 1:06 pm
2058
... It was never used in liturgy. Two religious books and a number of scripture passages were published in it, largely as a means of encouraging its use, but...
... Yes ... Yes ... Yes ... Only specialists and enthusiasts ... It is still used. It is called Buginese. ... There is some specialist interest, but Latin is...
The two that i know about - - Tifinagh, to my understanding, is currently experiencing a revival in Morocco as a means of teaching cultural pride but before...
... I think you are confusing script and language. Ge'ez is the name of a classical Ethiopic language, now used exclusively for religious texts and ceremonies,...
Re Bopomofo and Pinyin: As I understand it Pinyin, either Hanyu or Tongyong, were intended for use by foreigners who can't read Chinese characters, ie for...
As far as I'm aware, bopomofo is still used for script annotations in Taiwan. For example, I have a set of cards for kids to learn the Han characters that...
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BOUALEM Malek FTRD/DM...
malek.boualem@...
Apr 7, 2004 2:04 pm
2066
This item concerning systems of transcription in Africa may be of interest. The issue of orthographies for African languages and standardization/harmonization...
hello all! I just got accepted into the ucla african studies grad program, primarily to study african writing systems, etc. Is anyone on this list studying or...
On Sat, 3 Apr 2004 11:41:39 -0800 (PST), Weiben Wang <weibenw@...> ... There is at least one subscriber who really appreciated your commentary. Thank...
On Thu, 8 Apr 2004 23:47:28 -0700, Gabriella F. Scelta ... Congratulations! Civilization is alive and well in some places. (^_^) -- Nicholas Bodley @#@...
For those who don't know, here's one useful URL for Macchiato: <http://www.macchiato.com/unicode/show.html> It is a quick way of finding which parts of Unicode...
Not too long ago, the Arial Unicode font was a great help to people who wanted to see all of Unicode on their screens; it used to be available from Microsoft....
... Most browsers have a "show source code" menu command that allows you to read the script contained in the top frame. Even if you don't know the JavaScript ...
Marco Cimarosti
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Apr 14, 2004 11:41 am
2073
... BTW, I just noticed that the same picture can be obtained also with a longer but simpler URL: http://www.unicode.org/cgi-bin/RedirectRefGlyphs.pl/U262E _...
Marco Cimarosti
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Apr 14, 2004 11:52 am
2074
... Of course there is: the set of fonts used to render the Unicode book itself. The wonders of This Frame/View Frame Source on Mozilla (right-click on the...
On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 13:41:26 +0200, Marco Cimarosti ... Unfortunately, Opera, afaik, makes it difficult to see the Javascript. I hope I'm wrong, because I'm...
On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 13:51:43 +0200, Marco Cimarosti ... Peachy! Just edit the tail, tell it to go, and before very long, there it is. That [.pl] means PERL, as...
I have a technical/practical problem relating to this thread. I have the job of typesetting a book whose text incorporates lots of diacritics and also passages...
Peter T. Daniels wrote:
> I have a technical/practical problem relating to this thread.
> > I have the job of typesetting a book whose text incorporates lots...
Marco Cimarosti
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Apr 15, 2004 11:18 am
2079
... This is not accurate. There are two ways PostScript fonts can avail themselves of Unicode support. The first is through external mapping, in which glyphs...
[Basic question here: We in the USA are very informal, and immediately use a person's first name as soon as we learn it. Such easy informality could be very...
... Indeed! In traditional European society, should you dare address a gentleman in a villainous way, he would challenge you to dismount from your horse and ...
Marco Cimarosti
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Apr 16, 2004 10:09 am
2082
... Rock'n'roll I grant you is American, but useful electricity was the work of a Serbian, and blue jeans were designed by a native of Latvia, using cloth de...
... Oh no! I can already hear grumbling of Italian nationalists! After pizza (invented in Naples, Italy, or in Alexandria, Egypt?), Tocai/Tokaj (typical wine...
Marco Cimarosti
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Apr 16, 2004 5:06 pm
2084
On Fri, 16 Apr 2004 12:09:13 +0200, Marco Cimarosti ... [...] ... [...] Ahh, Marco, you have a sophisticated wit, with writing that inspires happy laughter. ...
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