Re: Cyrillic letters for /T/ and /D/

Tristan McLeay skrev:

 > In any case, I thought it was a long-standing and
 > continuing tradition for new Cyrillic-based alphabets to
 > create new letterforms for new sounds

Yes, this was the practice of *Soviet Union linguists*, but
see my proposed condition:

 >> /D/? The idea is that a 19th century alphabet maker was
 >> able to turn existing lead types upside down to create
 >> new symbols, but not to add diacritics or wholly new
 >> shapes.

/BP 8^)>
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Benct Philip Jonsson -- melroch atte melroch dotte se
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   "C'est en vain que nos Josués littéraires crient
   à la langue de s'arrêter; les langues ni le soleil
   ne s'arrêtent plus. Le jour où elles se *fixent*,
   c'est qu'elles meurent."           (Victor Hugo)

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