Re: Betreft: Re: 'Women's Only' Language Found Among Chinese

Rob Nierse wrote:
>I'm currently writing an article for a little magazine of =
calligraphers.
>All the previous articles were about little known scripts (like Cree,
>Rongorongo etc.
>This time I turn the attention to Asia. I've done Chinese and plan=20
>to write about Naxi, Yi etc.. NUSHU is very interesting for this =
article!
>Kristian, can you scan and mail an example?
>You would help me so very much!
Alas! I don't have a scanner. But if you have the patience, I could try =
and=20
get it scanned somehow. With any luck (and if your interested) I could =
scan a=20
lot more than just the Nushu script. The encyclopedia has numerous gems. =

Several little known scripts from Asia are featured: from Indonesia=20
(Javanese/Balinese, Battak, Buginese/Maccassarese, Redjang), from the=20
Philippines (Mangyan, Tagalog, etc.), from the Himalayas (dbu-med, =
Lepcha,=20
Limbu), from central Asia (Sogdian, Uighur, Mongolian, etc.), from China =

(dehong, Hsi-hsia, Manchu, Naxi-Tomba, Naxi-Geba, Chinese musical =
notation,=20
Nuzhen), from mainland SEAsia (Hmong, Miao, Cham), and several little =
known=20
scripts from the subcontinent like Maldivian. There are also little =
known=20
scripts from Europe; Albanian, Kalmyk, Georgian, Armenian (Europe?), =
etc.=20
There are also little known scripts from Africa. OK... I'm getting =
carried=20
away now ;-)

-kristian- 8)