Re: script count?

At 10:50 +0100 2003-12-11, Marco Cimarosti wrote:

>"Brahmi-derived":

These are derived from Aramaic of course.

>But there are several other scripts which are sort of half-alive, and may or
>may not become more current in the future, e.g.: Cherokee, Deseret, Limbu,
>Osmanya, Syriac, Tagalog and other Philippines scripts, Tai Le, Tifinagh.

Tai Le and Tifinagh are used quite regularly by some of their
speakers. Cherokee enjoys persistent if not widespread use.

> > 2. how many are known (living and dead) in the
> > world/throughout history?
>
>Ugh! Who knows?
>
>If Daniels or Everson don't come up with an answer for this, there are very
>few other people in the world you could ask to...

I pointed her to the Roadmaps.
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