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From: jlg@cochiti.lanl.gov (Jim Giles)
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Subject: Re: Navajo?  (was: universality of Latin-1)
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Date: 30 Apr 91 15:42:34 GMT
References: <1991Apr12.123302.17817@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <1991Apr24.181121.6212@parc.xerox.com> <22694@lanl.gov> <1991Apr30.130515.5049@world.std.com>
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In article <1991Apr30.130515.5049@world.std.com>, peter@world.std.com (Peter Salus) writes:
|> In article <22694@lanl.gov> jlg@cochiti.lanl.gov (Jim Giles) writes:
|> > [...]
|> >(the only indian tribe that did are the Cheyenne).  [...]
                                            ^^^^^^^^
|> [...]
|> Navaho is written in roman, using a number of accent marks and 
|> does not use a special script.  Cherokee uses the complex 
                                   ^^^^^^^^
|> but brilliant script invented by Sequoyah in 1825. 

Yes, quite correct.  My apologies to both the Cheyenne and the
Cherokee for my mistake.  That's what I get for typing without
looking-up first.

J. Giles