Re: NATLANGS: What's that writing system?

Quoting Aidan Grey <taalenmaple@...>:

> I thought it was Dutch? And from my archeology classes, I learned that /t/
> (vs/ /T/) was the proper pronunciation, contrary to common American usage...
The name comes from Neanderthal, North-Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, where the
first Neanderthal remains were found*. The name means "Neander Valley", Neander
being the graecized name of the 17th century theologian Joachim Neumann who
lived near the valley and often frequented it. Neander/Neumann means, of
course, "New Man", which might be considered ironic.

A subsequent spelling reform has turned _Thal_ "valley" into _Tal_ - the
pronunciation is in either case [t_ha:l].



* Well, first remains identified as a new kind of human - some Neanderthal bones
had been found earlier, but not been recognized for what they were.


                                           Andreas