From: Peter Kirk (peterkirk@qaya.org)
Date: Thu Apr 29 2004 - 14:43:17 EDT
On 29/04/2004 07:48, Patrick Andries wrote:
> Dean Snyder a écrit :
>
>> No. They are the same script, even very close paleographically; they do
>> often, but not always, differ orthographically (Phoenician not using, as
>> does Old Hebrew at times, some of the consonants as vowel indicators,
>> the
>> so-called "matres lectionis").
>>
> If I am not mistaken Neopunic also uses "matres lectionis" but is
> mentioned as supported in this proposal.
>
> P. A.
>
>
And early Hebrew in paleo-Hebrew script uses them very rarely - so not
much difference here.
"Matres lectionis" are simply base characters used as as vowels. They
are not combining marks, or anything else like that which makes the
script complex.
-- Peter Kirk peter@qaya.org (personal) peterkirk@qaya.org (work) http://www.qaya.org/
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