Featural Alphabets (was Re: Boustrophedon and Chinese (was Re: A single font can
| From: | tomhchappell <tomhchappell@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, October 14, 2005, 18:03 |
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--- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, Jörg Rhiemeier <joerg_rhiemeier@W...>
> wrote:
> [snip]
> Old Albic, in its own featural alphabet, is written bottom-to-top,
> starting on the left side.
> [snip]
1. Is Old Albic's featural alphabet available on-line? Where?
2. "Featural Alphabets" really intrigue me. Alexander Melville
Bell's "Visible Speech" system is the closest thing to a "Featural
Alphabet" I've ever seen.
King Sejong's Hangeul system for Korean is supposed to be a
featurography, but I don't think it really is.
Something that had each "characteristic feature" denoted by a
particular one of Gary's tinkertoys would be more of a "featural
alphabet".
Is anyone onlist aware of any "featural alphabets" predating the
existence of the ConLang list?
Thank you.
Tom H.C. in MI
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