CONLANG Digest - 2 Jun 2000 to 3 Jun 2000 (#2000-152)
| From: | Adam Walker <dreamertwo@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, June 4, 2000, 4:56 |
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>Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2000 20:12:43 CDT
>From: Danny Wier <dawier@...>
>Subject: Punctuation conventions
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>2) Any unusual conlang-related punctuation marks? Or exotic natlang
>conventions? DaW.
This is my first conlang post in long ages.
In Graavgaaln there is an interesting use of a punctuation mark that looks
like a colon. The native script of the Graavguurdaan is right-to-left with
a binding head-line. The head-line is written over a single word, so breaks
in words are clearly marked by breaks in the head-line. However in some
compound words and all personal names and colon-like punctuation mark is
inserted between the two elements.
Adam
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