Re: Number of writing systems

Doug Ewell wrote:

>Lars Marius Garshol <larsga at garshol dot priv dot no> wrote:
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>> <URL: http://www.ontopia.net/i18n/scripts.jsp >
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>I'm not sure what to make of a raw count of this list. Ewellic is
>included, as well as a few other lesser-known "artificial" scripts like
>Geyinzi, so not everyone will agree as to how many "real" scripts are
>listed. Some experts might not count the "artificial" scripts.
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I note that Shavian is there, but Visible Speech isn't. Nor
Blissymbolics. Does the IPA count as a writing system, or is it just an
extended form of Latin? And the International Teaching Alphabet? And
Unifon? (I'm looking at the "artificial" section, which is why such
things are uppermost in my mind). We have Rongorongo, but not the
Phaistos disk inscription. Does that count as a writing system?

The question is probably no easier to resolve than how many angels can
dance on the head of a pin, but I suppose any list is a start.

~mark