Re: New Script
From: | Barry Garcia <barry_garcia@...> |
Date: | Wednesday, November 3, 1999, 18:12 |
kljensen@image.dk writes:
>I like it. But I suppose I've always been biased when it comes to SEAsian
>scripts. Indeed, it has quite a SEAsian feel to it. Many of the
>characters
>have a rather Thai feel to it. Some even look suspiciously very Thai or
>Laotian. Where is the language spoken, somewhere on the mainland?
>
>-kristian- 8)
Well, i must say Thai did influence it (especially "na" and "ha", but I
was not looking at Thai as I was drawing up the characters, I happened to
be looking at it just before :)). However, a lot of the curviness was
inspired by some of the South Indian scripts as well as SEAsian scripts.
I'm not totally sure where I want the conculture that will go with this
script to be based. I was thinking an island nation, perhaps somewhere in
the Indian ocean. Anyway, the language may be grammatically an
Austronesian language but the words are all a-priori.
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