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Re: New Script

From:John Cowan <cowan@...>
Date:Sunday, November 18, 2001, 2:02
Barry Garcia scripsit:

> King Satcang was well versed in the Indic > system of writing (meaning he had learned the variety of Grantha that was > used in texts), so he understood the basic principles of a script such as > that.
BTW, this process is called "stimulus diffusion", and is one of the main ways that new scripts are created. -- John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan@ccil.org Please leave your values | Check your assumptions. In fact, at the front desk. | check your assumptions at the door. --sign in Paris hotel | --Miles Vorkosigan

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Barry Garcia <barry_garcia@...>