Re: Using Bamboo for Practice

ta'suddut, suddruhniiyuh-a tza'belihzar, du nga'ao"le"ro, Kristian Jensen
<kljensen@...> izu-thes:
>Steg Belsky wrote:
>-----<snip>-----
>>It's Ancient Rokbeigalmki (and it's alphabet, Rokbeigalmki-
>>Ziifer) which is a bit harder.  I've never actually written in
>>it. But, the way it was written is like cuneiform, with the edges
>>of the writing utensils being pressed into clay to make
>>indentations.  There were a few different writing instruments,
>>each of which made a different mark:
>>a small circle
>>a larger circle
>>a straight line
>>a curve
>>a point
>>Using each of these in different combinations it's possible to
>>make all of the letters and punctuation marks in the alphabet.
>Cool!! You ought to get yourself some play-dough (or is it
>clay-dough) and doodle on that. Make your instruments from steel
>wires. These are things you can easily get at hobby shops or
>hardware stores. Practice makes perfect.
>Regards,
>-Kristian- 8-)
Thanks for the idea!
BTW, if you want to see a written example of what the alphabet looks
like, at my Rokbeigalmki Webpage,
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Dunes/8515/conlang.html , i just recently
put up examples of all the writing systems.  Rokbeigalmki-Ziifer
(Ancient) is the first one.

-Stephen (Steg)

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