Re: NATLANG/Learning: Sanskrit
| From: | Joe <joe@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, August 17, 2003, 18:44 |
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger Mills" <romilly@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2003 5:50 PM
Subject: Re: NATLANG/Learning: Sanskrit
> I have a question: when was the form of the letter "a" changed???? In my
> old Sanskrit primer (orig. publ. in 1800s, nth. ed. of 1946) it has a
> completely different shape, which I'm sure I've also seen in photos of
> things Indian.
>
> Something like (hopefully!)----
> ____________
> __| |
> / \ __|
> / | |
> |
> |
>
IIRC, it's just an alternate form. I've seen both, but I think the one that
looks something like a 3 is more common these days.