Re: Back to basics - or musings of an old bore

[bfarnell@xxxxxxx]

> Yes, but it takes years to achieve this.
> Now another tonal language using (as far as I know) mostly mono-syllabic
> words, is Thai. It has an alphabetic script, which was devised not
> long before the proposed date of the VMs, and the script has a
> way of indicating the tones (although, again as far as I know,
> in a rather incosistent manner).
> #consider_included "chinese_disclaimer.h"

I don't know much about Thai, but I do remember a speaking to someone
studying it when I was at the language institute.  I remember it having
a huge number of characters in it's alphabet.  Can someone refresh me on
the number of characters in the VMS (I know there is quite a bit of
uncertainty).
Regards,
Brian