From: Peter Kirk (peterkirk@qaya.org)
Date: Mon Jan 05 2004 - 19:09:14 EST
On 05/01/2004 15:47, Peter Kirk wrote:
> On 05/01/2004 15:29, Kenneth Whistler wrote:
>
>> ...
>>
>> Somebody probably needs to go to Baku to dig out actual printed
>> materials from the 20's and 30's to make an assessment of actual
>> usage.
>>
>>
>>
> I did have a dictionary in this orthography, from about 1929, but
> unfortunately I left it in Baku. I expect to visit again in May. If I
> have time I will search out materials in the old Latin script, which
> sometimes appear in second hand book stalls.
>
>
I found the attached, from the Summer 1997 issue of Azerbaijan
International magazine, which clearly shows the "soft sign".
-- Peter Kirk peter@qaya.org (personal) peterkirk@qaya.org (work) http://www.qaya.org/
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