Re: A wacky language

Other than knowing that it was a system for record-keeping, somewhat
like an abacus, I don't know many details, and most of the websites I
found are not particularly instructive in how the system worked, though
this one gives a very rudimentary idea:

http://www2.sfu.ca/archaeology/museum/laarch/inca/quie.html

I have a couple of books on order from Amazon - if they turn out to be
useful, I'll pass the titles along.

> Looks interesting. I heard about the knot-system
> before, but I never studied it. Can you recommend a
> site giving details ?
>
> --- Paul Roser <pkroser@...> wrote:
> > How about a system similar to the Incan quipu?
> > "Written" records of the
> > language consist of 3-d assemblages of knotted cords
> > attached to a central
> > pole or cord. The central cord represents the linear
> > discourse/text, the
> > attached cords individually represent words or
> > phrases, with associations
> > between the length, orientation with respect to the
> > axis of the central
> > cord, and number, type, and arrangement of knots
> > indicating phonological,
> > morphological, and syntactic information.
> >
> > Bfowol
>
>
> =====
> Philippe Caquant
>
> "Le langage est source de malentendus."
> (Antoine de Saint-Exupery)
>
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