Re: NATLANG: Dravidian langs really *are* cool!
| From: | Philip Newton <philip.newton@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, March 18, 2008, 13:17 |
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On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 11:44 AM, Joseph Fatula <joefatula@...> wrote:
> Another would be katakana, one of the Japanese writing systems. Way too
> many of the characters are too close in appearance, and not at all
> related in sound.
Ah yes - figuring out how to distinguish "tsu" from "shi", and "so"
from "n", was pretty tough, especially in handwriting. "wa" and "u"
are also pretty similar (random fact: you can go "no - fu - wa - u" by
adding one stroke at a time).
Cheers,
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Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>
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