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Re: NATLANG/Learning: Sanskrit

From:Joe <joe@...>
Date:Sunday, August 17, 2003, 18:44
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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.