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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. _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- 'The beginning calls for courage; the end demands care'