--- In qalam@yahoogroups.com, "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@...>
wrote:

> Salomon accepts the Mahadevan interpretation but notes that it was

an

> aberration and was abandoned after the period dealt with in the new
> edition of Old Tamil inscriptions. He notes one other area where the
> abugida seems to have turned into an alphabet (where the plain

akshara

> represents C only).

Is that in addition to Lao?

Richard.