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

To: voynich@xxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Back to basics - or musings of an old bore
From: Bruce Grant <bgrant@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 20:57:47 -0500
References: <2.2.32.20010222120241.00e8e174@pop.dial.pipex.com> <200102231209.f1NC9L707097@coruja.dcc.unicamp.br> <200102232121.f1NLLNX17671@yarf.eecs.umich.edu> <200102250405.f1P45dA12061@coruja.dcc.unicamp.br> <3A98E6B7.10E2A43C@voynich.nu> <3A98FBC9.E7FF60DF@gte.net>

According to Nakanishi's _Writing Systems of the World_, the Thai writing
system is based on 44 consonant symbols to which are added any of 22 markings
for vowels and 4 for tones, producing a large number of combinations..

bfarnell@xxxxxxx wrote:

> >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.

References:
- Back to basics - or musings of an old bore
  - From: Adam McLean
- Re: Back to basics - or musings of an old bore
  - From: Jorge Stolfi
- Re: Back to basics - or musings of an old bore
  - From: Karl Kluge
- Re: Back to basics - or musings of an old bore
  - From: Jorge Stolfi
- Re: Back to basics - or musings of an old bore
  - From: Rene Zandbergen
- Re: Back to basics - or musings of an old bore
  - From: bfarnell

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