> --- In qalam@yahoogroups.com, "Peter Constable" <petercon@...> wrote:Uh? Aren't you mixing up two different kinds of "Indians"? :-)
>
> >I suspect that no teacher in India has
> > taught their students that halant / pulli is optional on unstressed
> > inherent vowels.
>
> Among the Cree there is a writing style that exists outside the
> context of formal education.