Re: An interesting book.

   It looks like you know something about Anglo-Saxon, which is one of the four
   main languages I have spent time investigating. It also one of the most
   frustratingly obscure, with regard to available information, so would you
   mind some quick questions relating to runes and such?

   Basically, there are several runes I can never find info on, and your
   transliteration of 'eoh' is very interesting. What does the '3' symbol
   represent? From Egyptian, I usually associate it with a glottal stop, but
   that wasn't actually in Old English, was it? Before this post I had been
   guessing that 'eoh' was actually 'ieg' (island) and stood for the 'ie'
   diphthong, while 'edhel' represented the 'eo' diphthong.

   Where can I get some good information on the values of Anglo-Saxon runes,
   and did they ever use 'jer', 'ghar' or 'khar' in the language? Is there any
   place I can get definite info on grammar and vocabulary? So far I've been
   gleaning most words from dictionary etymologies, and gender is hard to
   decide. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you...

   Nathan Roy

   >From: Dan Jones

   >Reply-To: Constructed Languages List

   >To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU

   >Subject: Re: An interesting book.

   >Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 21:33:32 +0100

   >

   >Padraic wrote:

   >

   > > /

   > > \ | / \ |// \ | / \ | / \ | /

   > > \\|// \\|// \|/ \\|// \|//

   > > \|// \\|// \ | / \|// |//

   > > |/ \|// \|/ |// |//

   > > | |// \ | / |// |//

   > > | |/ \|/ |/ |/

   > > | | | | |

   >

   >Crypto-runes? if so the figures above are:

   >

   >is, ing, eh, eoh, rad

   >

   >inge3r?

   >

   >Dan

   >

   > > Padraic.

   > >

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   >Ka yokonáu iti báyan: "cas'alyá abhiyo".

   >

   >Ka tso iti mantabayan: "yama zaláyá

   >alánekayam la s'alika, cas'alika; ka yama

   >yavarryekayan arannáam la vácika, labekayam

   >vácika, ka ali cas'alyeko vanotira."

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   >Dan Jones
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