Re: Joseph Smith the Conlanger?

caeruleancentaur wrote:

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>So how, then, do we define "conscript"?  I define it as a script
>created by an individual (maybe several) principally for his or her
>or their own amusement.  A "regular" script is a creation by someone
>(s) for the purpose of communicating with others.  Of course, there
>will always be examples that fit in both categories.
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I'd define a conscript as an alphabet, the invention of which we can
attribute to one historical person/people.  So, Hangeul, Cherokee,
Cree(And Ojibwa, Inuktitut, etc.).

However, the Roman alphabet is an evolution of the Italic alphabet,
which is an evolution of the Greek alphabet, etc.

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