Re: Are these scripts still used?

As far as I'm aware, bopomofo is still used for script annotations in Taiwan. For example, I have a set of cards for kids to learn the Han characters that uses bopomofo to convey the sounds. It is also still in use as an intermediate transcription form for inputting Han characters in Taiwan.

RI

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marco Cimarosti [mailto:marco.cimarosti@...]
> Sent: 02 April 2004 11:47
> To: qalam@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Are these scripts still used?
>
>
> Dear Qalamites,
>
> I am trying to find out whether the following writing systems
> still in current use. Beside each script, in parentheses, is
> my current understanding of the usage status of the script.
> Please correct me!
>
> 1 Tifinagh (still used; recently acquired official status in
> Morocco)
>
> 2 Tagbanwa (still used in Palawan, Philippines)
>
> 3 Buhid (still used in Mindoro, Philippines)
>
> 4 Tagalog (not used anymore: Tagalog is now written in
> Latin script)
>
> 5 Buginese (not used anymore. BTW, is it "Bugi*s*nese?)
>
> 6 Osmanya (never really caught on: Somali is written in Latin
> script)
>
> 7 Cherokee (not used anymore: Cherokee is now written in Latin
> script)
>
> 8 Deseret or Mormon (never really caught on: the script
> is not even used in liturgy anymore)
>
> 9 Bopomofo (not used anymore: Taiwan officially adopted
> pinyin for transcribing hanzi phonetically)
>
> I also have a different question about the Ethiopic script:
> is "Ethiopic" still the preferred name for the script, even
> after the independence of Eritrea? Do alternate names such as
> "Fidel" or "Ge'ez" have any derogatory or discriminatory nuance?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help.
>
> Ciao.
> Marco
>
>
>
>
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