question on a language
Steven Young
young at UMBC.EDU
Wed Mar 13 19:34:12 UTC 2002
It's in the older (German-influenced) orthography; a form like "peezi"
would now be spelled "pieci."
Steve.
On Wed, 13 Mar 2002, Wayles Browne wrote:
> Is it normal Latvian? What kind of spelling is it in?
>
> >It's Latvian.
> >Steve Young.
> >
> >On Wed, 13 Mar 2002, Ruth Wallach wrote:
> >
> >> 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.
> > >
>
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>
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