--- In qalam@yahoogroups.com, Michael Everson <everson@...> wrote:
> At 00:30 +0000 2005-08-19, suzmccarth wrote:
> >I had forgotten that I have an article by K. Tuchscherer with me and
> >it has a Vai passage from 1834 - the earliest extant manuscript in
> >Vai.
> >
> >It has 223 syllables and uses about 60 symbols.
>
> Since you've already analyzed it, would you mind typing in the text
> in Latin transliteration as you read it? I will then be happy to
> check it by trying to type it in modern syllables using my draft
> keyboard layout. It would be interesting to see what the results are.

I notice in the footnotes that Tuchscherer will be publishing a
transcription and translation so I think I would rather wait for that.
If I get it I will then type it in. I think mine was just a trial go.

Suzanne