Re: [hebrew] Re: Aramaic unification and information retrieval

From: Peter Kirk (peterkirk@qaya.org)
Date: Fri Dec 19 2003 - 17:39:46 EST

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    On 19/12/2003 13:39, Philippe Verdy wrote:

    >Jony Rosenne wrote:
    >
    >
    >>Michael Everson
    >>
    >>
    >>>Samaritan and Phoenician are not font variants of Hebrew/Square
    >>>Hebrew/Jewish or whatever else you want to call it.
    >>>
    >>>
    >>But Square Hebrew IS a font variant of Ancient Hebrew or Phoenician or
    >>Canaanite, whatever you want to call it, and so is Samaritan.
    >>
    >>
    >
    >Do not mix script families (or genetic history) with their actual use.
    >Each time a script has evolved in a parallel way for other languages,
    >it has introduced its own distinctive features.
    >...
    >
    >
    Do not mix lists. I have replied to this on the Hebrew list. 

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