Re: Newbie says hi
| From: | Jake X <alwaysawake247@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, November 3, 2002, 15:10 |
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mat McVeagh" <matmcv@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 9:36 PM
Subject: Re: Newbie says hi
> >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, in the Japanese system, the root is written with a kanji ideogram
while the verb endings etc. are written with one of the syllabaries, IIRC.
Jake