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 ;-)
>>>>
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