rothkofan wrote:
>
> node_ue wrote:
> > I was just wondering if anybody had any info about the KAIDA script
> > [formerly] used in the westernmost Ryukyuan Island of Yonaguni (and
> > perhaps in all of Japan) to write the Yonaguni language (SIL code
> > YOI) of the islanders, or on the "suuchuuma" numerals also (formerly)
> > used on the island.
>
> Here are pics of Kaida and other Ryukyu Characters.
> http://www.wonder-okinawa.jp/024/english/moji/rongoron/kaida/index.html
> http://www.wonder-okinawa.jp/024/english/moji/rozetta/index.html
> http://www.wonder-okinawa.jp/024/english/moji/sanninum/index.html
> http://www.wonder-okinawa.jp/024/english/moji/warazan/index.html
> http://www.churashima.net/shima/yonaguni/x_20020125/09.html
> http://www.bihou.com/iseki/etc/etc-3.htm
> http://www.kk.iij4u.or.jp/~isao9pw/dairyq_10.htm
>
> I'm Japanese. I didn't know anything about those characters until I read
> your post, but if you need help in Japanese please don't hesitate to ask.

Is there reason to believe that this is a writing system, that is, a set
of graphic symbols and rules for their use, such that any utterance in
its language can be reproduced identically without the intervention of
the utterer? (Or is it ideographic?)
--
Peter T. Daniels grammatim@...