Re: Interesting Brain/Language Nugget of Info
| From: | Jim Henry <jimhenry@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, June 26, 1999, 19:08 |
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On 24 Jun 99, at 21:32, Nik Taylor wrote:
> Ed Heil wrote:
> > Something to think about when designing conlang writing systems. I
> > used it when I designed the Chanan runes -- they are vowelless, and
> > run right to left.
>
> Well, what about top-to-bottom?
>
I expect creatures without humanesque two-lobe brains would find
boustrephon more usable, without our strong reasons to use
exclusively R-L or L-R. Think I'll use this when I finish working out
the Thauliralau syllabary &c.
Jim Henry III
Jim.Henry@pobox.com
http://www.pobox.com/~jim.henry/conlang.htm
Conlang list archives (1996), {gzb}, Thauliralau, Esperanto