Re: OT: Punctuation

Hatasoe has three punctuation marks.

The first is the full stop, consisting of two x's one over the other
(looks a little like a colon).  The second is the half-pause, or comma,
and it consists of a straight line (a dash, essentially).  The final mark
is relatively new; it is a question mark, coming at the end of a sentence,
and consists of a cross topped by two circles, like this

O O
 +

It comes from a fusion of the period and the word "ala," which indicates a
question.  ("Ala" in hatasoe script is represented by two circles, the
second with a dot in the center.)