Re: Virama

CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU writes:
>The divergence from the prototypical pattern is due to the great
>phonotactic difference from the Indian languages. The same can be
>said for what accounts for the differences found in the Mainland
>SEAsian scripts. Austronesian languages, OTOH, are not that different
>from Indian languages phonotactically. And since (if I have not
>misunderstood anything) Ranaka is a script for an Austronesian
>language near India and a direct descendant of Grantha, then I'm not
>at all convinced that Ranaka would diverge from the prototypical
>pattern to such a great degree. Even Tagalog follows the same
>prototypical pattern, and it is _not_ afterall a direct descendent
>of Grantha.
So, it would be better for me to follow the pattern in grantha. I do
appreciate the both of you correcting my errors on it. Anyway, i'll work
out a new system, and use that instead (but i'll be using some of my own
symbols, since it seems from all of the SAE scripts i've seen the types of
symbols for dependant vowels and diphthongs look variable (or are they
not?)


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