Re: Non-linear writing systems: an early seed of my idea
| From: | Chris Weimer <christopher.m.weimer@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, May 6, 2006, 0:15 |
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Sai,
Actually, Ancient Egyptian used determinatives in reading which were
not otherwise pronounced - it included just a sign to show what the
word was referring to (like man or woman or scribe etc...). So the
idea is not *entirely* foreign. Also, non-phonetic languages such as
English or French have something akin to determinatives in the way the
word is written. For example, in French, "parle, parles, parlet" are
all pronounced the same, but do realize if the word is 2nd person
singular or 3rd person singular, they add a letter. Now given that it
was once pronounced, currently it is not done so. Likewise, the k..w
of know differs from the other word no not in pronunciation but only
in writing.
best regards,
Chris Weimer
http://neonostalgia.com/
--- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, Sai Emrys <sai@...> wrote:
else.
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> May be interesting to some of you.
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> - Sai
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