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

From:Barry Garcia <barry_garcia@...>
Date:Saturday, May 6, 2000, 6:08
CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU writes:
>Konkani is a Dravidian language, right? Why not use a Grantha script >like Malayalam? And we got ENOUGH languages written in Latin script >already. (the thought of writing Abkhaz or Kung in Latin script really >scares me, and I thought Vietnamese was troublesome enough...) > >Danny
And well, like me, you could derive it from Grantha, and give it it's own style. All of the Indic sctipts follow a basic pattern, and I'm sure Konkani would fit well with it. ________________________________________________ The rattan basket criticizes the palm leaf basket, still both are full of holes.