Re: Newbie says hi

Zesefde Mat McVeagh  <matmcv@...> ta 2002.11.01. her 02:36:56:

> >From: Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>
> >It has a strange
> >writing system too, where the roots are written with an alphabet but the
> >suffixes are written with a syllabary, with each sign corresponding to a VC
> >combination!
>
> Now THAT's a great idea. I have long thought of what it would be like to use
> a mixed writing system like the Egyptians had - partly ideogram, partly
> phonetic. I believe the Chinese system is similar.
>
Well try it, it's very fun but you shouldn't have more than ~500 signs if you want somebody
else to learn it. That's the matter with my Long Wer's original writing system (Egyptian-like
hieroglyphs but with a more logical skipping rule and so.)

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