Re: Languages using multiple scripts

From: Christopher Fynn (cfynn@gmx.net)
Date: Sun Mar 06 2005 - 22:28:15 CST

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    E. Keown wrote:

    > Elaine Keown
    > on the road
    >
    > Hi,
    >
    > Responding a mere 4 weeks later, a language which uses
    > several scripts can be called digraphic, biscriptal,
    > polyscriptal...
    >
    > A language with concurrent systems in the same place
    > used by the same people at the same time has a mixed
    > writing system (Japanese).
    >
    > Still collecting examples, but Aramaic, with 8
    > separate writing systems is the most polyscriptal,
    > followed by Mongolian....
    >
    > I still want to know which language is 3rd --EK

    Both Sanskrit and Pali are highly polyscriptal.

    - Chris



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