Peter_Constable@... wrote:

>
> On 11/09/2001 09:22:35 AM Marco Cimarosti wrote:
>
> >Peter Constable wrote:
> >> Moreover, it would be
> >> impossible to classify families of writing systems, as Marco
> >> (I think) pointed out earlier: they have evolved.
> >
> >Did I? Perhaps.
> >
> >> Latin is part of the same family as Linear B.
> >
> >Uh!? I am loosing my way with all these existing, existed or proposed
> >classification systems. Which one of them puts Latin and Linear B in the
> >same class? To begin making order, this is the first system we could get
> >rid of!
>
> Sorry, I probably picked the wrong example (I'm not an expert on ancient
> scripts and so it would serve me right for not checking facts before
> quoting them). If I'm wrong on that detail, please substitute your
> favourite Canaanite abjad for Linear B. Ethiopic would have made the point
> as well.

Ok, so you reject the Daniels typology in toto. Yet you use my word
"abjad"! Do explain the inconsistency.
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Peter T. Daniels grammatim@...