Re: Bopomofo keyboards in Taiwan

At 00:34 +0000 2005-08-31, suzmccarth wrote:

>The problem with having to learn a new and different type of
>orthography is that traditional knowledge will be devalued.

I just don't see how you come to this conclusion.

>Those who are traditional literates will not be able to participate, even if
>they had electricity.

There are no Vai computer interfaces. Escaping Latin is not possible
for Vais, and there's no advantage to keeping it from them.
--
Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com