From: Peter T. Daniels
Message: 5442
Date: 2005-08-20
>Why you prefer the vertical arrangement isn't interesting to me, but
> At 22:13 -0400 2005-08-19, Peter T. Daniels wrote:
>
> > > That many Vai syllabary tables follow the order
> >> of the Latin alphabet is an example of Western
> >> laziness, I suppose. The section on ordering on
> >> page 5 of the Vai proposal document details our
> >> analysis of the script and why we preferred the
> >> "vertical" arrangement as reflecting the real
> >> structure of Mòmòlu Duwalu Bukèlè's script.
> >
> >The "real structure"? Did he present the symbols in a non-random order?
>
> I don't believe we have a list of how he
> presented it (in chart format), but there are
> clear relations between shapes within a rhyme;
> that would be the internal structure. Have you
> seen the Proposal document? The rationale for
> preferrign the vertical arrangement is explained
> there on page 5.