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

From:Rob Nierse <rnierse@...>
Date:Wednesday, December 1, 1999, 7:57
>>> Kristian Jensen <kljensen@...> 11/30 6:24 >>>
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.=20 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=20 (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 ;-)
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Please get carried away! I like "unknown" scripts. The only ones I already have examplews of are=20 Buginese. Tagalog, Mongolian, Georgian and Armenian. If you could get me pictures of examples, I really would be=20 very grateful! Rob