Re: The great Michael Everson (was: Reformed Latin-script writing...)

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From: "Daniel A. Wier" <DaWier@...>
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Sent: Friday, May 05, 2000 10:51 PM
Subject: Re: The great Michael Everson (was: Reformed Latin-script
writing...)


> From: "LIJESH KRISHNAN" <lijesh@...>
>
> > Konkani, one of the official languages of India, spoken in the state
> of Goa,
> > and by ethnic Konkani Brahmins everywhere, has no script.
It uses several scripts, I believe. Also has variant dialects.

>People
> usually use
> > Devanagri or the language of the state where they live. I've even
> heard
> > someone say that Latin is used.
Yes, Latin script is used, largely in and around Goa.
There are several such dictionaries available. I have
some.

> Don't know much more about it.
>
> Konkani is a Dravidian language, right?
No. It is IndoEuropean.

> Why not use a Grantha script
> like Malayalam?
A form of script similar to Marathi is, I believe,
the most widely used.

> And we got ENOUGH languages written in Latin script
> already.
Your goal seems to be diversity per se. Yet that
means that technology will run against it.

> (the thought of writing Abkhaz or Kung in Latin script really
> scares me, and I thought Vietnamese was troublesome enough...)
>  Danny