At 00:53 +0200 2001-10-12, Lars Marius Garshol wrote:
>I've used "siniform" here in the sense "having deliberate graphic
>similarity to Han, though not necessarily any systematic/structural
>similarity". This use was adopted from Bright&Daniels (p. 189), and
>if there is anything wrong with it I would like to be corrected.
I don't think Hangul is siniform, just because it groups things in
notional squares, any more than I think Mongolian is siniform because
it writes in vertical columns.
Tangut, Kitan (small and large), and Jurchin are siniform. Naxi Geba
might be considered siniform (or at least sino-influenced), though
Naxi Tomba are hieroglyphs pure and simple. Nüshu is siniform.
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