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From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.society.futures
Subject: Re: Global Cultural Prototype [Loglan]
Message-ID: <6551@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 16 Oct 89 17:58:06 GMT
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In article <6142@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM> jans@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Jan Steinman) writes:
> This is the only case I know of a language 
> transcription system in common use being invented, rather than evolved.

The written form of the Indonesian language was developed at Sydney
University, I believe. Also, many preliterate languages have deliberately
adopted phonetic subsets of the English alphabet (Hawaiian, for example).
There was also an American Indian language whose written form was similarly
derived. (more info on these welcome, of course)
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