Re: Unidentified North Borneo script?

From: John Hudson (john@tiro.ca)
Date: Wed Feb 15 2006 - 18:57:30 CST

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    Anto'nio Martins-Tuva'lkin wrote:

    > Sorry, I just noticed I sent the small thumbnail url. Adding an "x" does
    > the trick: < http://naxum.tripod.com/heraldry/32xnb.jpg >.

    > What now? Is it regular Arabic (spelling Malay) rotated 90°, on the left,
    > and clumsyly drawn Chinese, on the right?

    Yes, that looks like Jawi (Malay in Arabic script) on the left, rotated clockwise.

    The Chinese appears to be in a something resembling the seal script.

    John Hudson 

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