Re: unknown symbols

There's always the possibility they were put there as a resource for conlangers who
want variety in their alphabets. ;-)

--gary


--- On Mon, 10/27/08, David McCann <david@...> wrote:

> From: David McCann <david@...>
> Subject: Re: unknown symbols
> To: CONLANG@listserv.brown.edu
> Date: Monday, October 27, 2008, 9:22 AM
> Looking at the contents of Latin Extended Additional, I
> realised that
> there were a lot of characters I didn't know. A bit of
> googling showed
> that no-one else seems to know them either! Can anyone here
> explain the
> uses of the following?
>
> ḁ (a ring below) ḉ (c cedilla acute) ḡ (g macron) ḣ
> (h dot above)
> ḧ (h dieresis) ḩ (h cedilla) ḿ (m acute) ṕ (p
> acute)
> ṥ (s acute & dot above) ṧ (s caron & dot above)
> ṩ (s dot above & below)
> ṳ (u dieresis below) ṽ (v tilde) ṿ (V dot below) ẙ
> (y ring over)

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