Peter_Constable@... wrote:

>
> On 11/11/2001 04:35:50 PM "Peter T. Daniels" wrote:
>
> >> 1 Armenian, 2 Asomtavruli, 3 Avestan, 4 Buryat, 5 Carian, 6 Cirth, 7
> Coptic
> >> script, 8 Cyrillic, 9 Deseret, 10 Etruscan script, 11 Georgian
> script,
> >> 12 Geyinzi, 13 Glagolithic, 14 Gothic script, 15 Greek, 16 Hangul, 17
> Latin
> >script,
> >> 18 Lycian, 19 Lydian, 20 Manchu, 21 Mandaic script, 22 Meroitic, 23
> Modern
> >syriac,
> >> 24 Mongolian clear script, 25 Mongolian script, 26 N'ko, 27
> Nusxa-xucuri,
> >28 Ogham,
> >> 29 Old Persian Cuneiform, 30 Orkhon, 31 Osmanya, 32 Punic script, 33
> Runic,
> >> 34 Shavian, 35 Sidetic, 36 Tai Lue script, 37 Thaana, 38 Utopian.
> >
> >I put in the number to save typing.
> >
> >Not alphabets: 16, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 29, 30, 32
> >
> >Never heard of: 6, 12, 26, 27, 36
> >
> >No idea: 9, 38
> >
> >Doubtful: 34 (featural); 23 and 37 (both the same; would Bill call them
> >alphasyllabaries?)
>
> So, if I count right, that leaves 19 alphabets, yes?

I have no idea how well you count. 19 varieties of the alphabet.
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Peter T. Daniels grammatim@...