John Cowan <cowan@...> wrote on 07/30/2003 03:27:26 PM:

> > > Fraser script: this is not a script, but a Latin-script
> orthography for Lisu
> >
> > wrong
>
> Well, then the term "Fraser script" is polysemous, unless you want to

say

> that the glyphs of the Latin capital letters have been recycled into a
> novel script.

I have been undecided for a while as to whether I'd want to consider
Fraser an extension of Latin or a new script derived from Latin. I
currently think I'd be inclined toward the former since there is clearly a
very close relationship to Latin, there are no new script behaviours, and
the letters can be considered Latin with some novel forms that are very
clearly based on existing Latin letters.



- Peter


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