Re: Optimum number of symbols
| From: | Philip Newton <philip.newton@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, May 21, 2002, 5:02 |
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On 20 May 02, at 14:42, Jake X wrote:
> >From: Kendra <kendra@...>
> >The idea of diacritics for something other than vowels interests me!
>
> Well, for conlangs, Esperanto is a very good example. It ONLY uses
> diacritics on consonants (examples: cx, gx, hx, where x represents ^ above
> the letter.
Remember u-breve :)
(Variously rendered as ux, u, and w in plain ASCII. I usually use w, as
in "ehxosxangxo cxiujxa*w*de" -- "echo change every Thursday", a phrase
containing each "special letter" once.)
Cheers,
Philip
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Philip Newton <Philip.Newton@...>
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