A sample of _Kamlups Wawa_ for you to try!

David Robertson drobert at TINCAN.TINCAN.ORG
Sun Feb 7 06:31:43 UTC 1999


A tiny note:  _Kamlups Wawa_ is written in a shorthand alphabet, not
really a syllabary.

In other word it's written with a symbol for each sound, rather than a
symbol per syllable.

Several linguists at one conference I attended were under the same
impression you had, Jeff.  The Duployan shorthand writing doesn't look
like any alphabet at all, at first glance.

Cheers,
Dave

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