Re: FWD [OT but interesting] Arctic people seek common alphabet

Barbara sekalge:
>The distinctive syllabic system was developed by Anglicans, but Inuit in
>Greenland, Alaska and Chukotka developed different alphabets, making it
>very difficult for them to communicate with each other, especially in
the age
>of the Internet.
That doesn't sound like a big problem. If I was an Inuit, I wouldn't
speak to other people on the basis of common race. Race is so trivial. As
John Cowan pointed out, it is unlikely that people in Russia and
Greenland and Canada could use an Inuit language to facilitate
communication.

Then again, many related languages use the same writing systems, though
not always. Is Korean related to Chinese [language family]?

Gah! You're not all college professors, and I'm not your student. I try
to act as if you were and I was, though.

Laimes,
Wright.

Domo arigato, sensei.

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