Re: Conscripts 101

In a message dated 4/7/2007 3:14:30 PM Central Daylight Time,
beta_leonis@HOTMAIL.COM writes:


> I've been researching a lot of natscripts recently for other comparisons.
> I
> think natlangs have covered most of the practical possibilities, from
> alphabetic (Roman, Greek, Cyrillic) and consonantal (Hebrew, Arabic), to
> syllabic (Hiragana, Cherokee), and ideographic (the various dialects of
> Chinese).  Significant examples also exist of compound writing, like
> Japanese and Egyptian (Hieroglyphics).  Korean Hangul is the freaky
> exception -- alphabetic writing in syllabic clusters -- but that was a
> conscript designed to fit within a specific natlang context.
>
> Am I missing any major classes of writing styles?  Any other notable
> exceptions, like Hangul?
>
Devanagari.

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