On Friday, August 02, 2002 6:04 pm, Kenneth Whistler <kenw at sybase dot
com> wrote:
>>> ... and some extreme case
>>> orthographies are known that employ up to *hepta*graphs!
>>
>> Ooo, I want one! Do you have any examples, Ken?
>
> If I recall correctly, that one was a technical orthography
> of Nama -- but I can't track down an online reference at the
> moment.
The language was called !Xóõ, and I'll bet everyone will be just
astonished to find out who provided the information.
Re: Mixed up priorities
From: Michael Everson
Date: Sun Oct 24 1999 - 06:34:24 EDT
URL:
http://www.unicode.org/mail-arch/unicode-ml/Archives-Old/UML019/0789.htm
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The longest unitary sequence in the orthography was dts'kx' (7 letters).
(I just love that name, don't you? I could say it all day, if only I
knew how. !Xóõ !Xóõ !Xóõ.)
-Doug Ewell
Fullerton, California
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