Re: Bantu click letters

From: Anto'nio Martins-Tuva'lkin (antonio@tuvalkin.web.pt)
Date: Thu Jun 10 2004 - 20:42:35 CDT

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    On 2004.06.10, 22:35, Asmus Freytag <asmusf@ix.netcom.com> wrote:

    > the fact that you are not conversant with mathematical notation, but
    > very familiar with linguistic notations, makes you treat these two
    > as worlds apart. <...> In that way, both are different from regular
    > 'language text'

    What is the difference between "language text" and "linguistic
    notation"? After all, the characters under discussion *could* have
    been adopted as the usual orthography of a writing community...

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