Re: New Script for Ok (Edh coo zoo oc)

Christophe wrote:


>En réponse à JS Bangs <jaspax@...>:
>>
>> But what's so odd about writing a vowel before, above, and after the
>> consonant?  It seems like half of the vowels in Thai are written that
>> way.
>>
>The odd thing is the "and" part. Before, above, under *or* after the
consonant
>I can understand. But all three at the same time? Isn't it a bit much?!
:)))
>
I wasn't inclined to check all the Brahmi-derived scripts on Omniglot, but
Javanese also used before-after-above for certain sounds too (ai, au).  Bear
in mind that in Sanskrit, /e/ and /o/ are considered to be combinations of
/a-i/ and /a-u/; it's possible that when Sanskrit-based  writing was adapted
to south Indian, and other SE Asian langs., their independent /e/ and /o/
phonemes were dealt with as if they were such "combinations".
Maybe.......:-)