From: Peter Kirk (peterkirk@qaya.org)
Date: Mon Mar 07 2005 - 15:53:04 CST
On 07/03/2005 19:10, Christopher Fynn wrote:
> Peter Kirk wrote:
>
>> On 07/03/2005 17:05, Christopher Fynn wrote:
>>
>>> Peter Kirk wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 07/03/2005 03:52, Doug Ewell wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>> Azerbaijani, at least, has been written in Arabic, Latin, and
>>>>> Cyrillic.
>>>>> (We have registered tags for each of those.) I don't know where that
>>>>> places it in the derby.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>> Indeed. And since all three of these scripts are still in current
>>>> use, this could be a record for current use - although as such
>>>> certainly tying with Uzbek and Tajik, probably also Turkmen, which
>>>> also use the same three scripts.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm not sure what you classify as "current use", ...
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> I was not talking about reprinting of ancient religious works,
>> although this is not trivial of course.
>
>
> Not only ancient religious works - it is one of the official languages
> of India and there *are* words like "duradarshana" - the modern
> Sanskrit term for television. Courses on modern Sanskrit are very
> popular in India.
I didn't intend any comment on your remarks on Indian languages, about
which I know little. My point was related only to Azerbaijani, Uzbek
etc, for which all three scripts are in general use as the first choice
language and script of substantial communities, probably of millions
although Arabic script literacy rates are low.
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