question on a language

[ldewaard]

A collegue of mine suggested that it appears to him to be Latvian.


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>I am hoping that someone can help me identify the language on the right
>hand side of the banknote on this web page:
>http://www-isd.usc.edu/~gpjones/temporary/marksbig.jpg
>
>The picture is of a five mark banknote, issued by Darlehnskasse Ost in
>Kowno in 1918.  Besides German, the language on the left hand side is
>Lithuanian, but I can't tell what's on the right hand side.  I don't need a
>translation, just if someone thinks they can identify the language.
>
>Thank you in advance.
>
>Ruth Wallach
>University of Southern California
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Lisa DeWaard Dykstra
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MA, Russian Linguistics
MAT in Spanish, May 2002
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