Re: Alphabet

In a message dated 11/2/01 5:24:08 AM Eastern Standard Time,
barry_garcia@CSUMB.EDU writes:

<< - John

 I have two languages i'm working on, Montreiano, and Saalangal. Saalangal
 is currently undergoing a revision :). Montrei is the newest, and is a
 Romance Language, so it practically demands the roman alphabet be used for
 it. I derived for Saalangal an alphasyllabary based upon a sample of
 Grantha I had encountered on the web. Again i think i'm going to revise
 that as well (i got some good info on making a proper indic script from
 the fine folks on this list!).

 But for most purposes it's easier to use the roman alphabet, especially
 since no one but me has the script, and also i dont feel like making a
 font for it (or spending the money on the purchase of a fonting program).
  >>


As with most languages, various methods of romanization are available for use
in Druni.  The present romanization, known as "Proni" is based on English
usage more or less.  Obviously a more linguistically acurate and neutral
method would be better from a linguistic point of view but I did not like the
esthetic results.

Jim