From: vunzndi@vfemail.net
Date: Thu Jan 25 2007 - 21:49:39 CST
Quoting "John H. Jenkins" <jenkins@apple.com>:
>
> On Jan 25, 2007, at 3:04 PM, Martin J. Heijdra wrote:
>
>> In addition to Chinese "dialects", there are also quite a few other
>> non-Chinese languages in South China which at one point or
>> another have been written with adapted Chinese characters, in
>> ways not unlike new Vietnamese or Cantonese characters were
>> formed (and in some cases very possibly predating and being the
>> basis of the latter): Dong, Bouyei, many Zhuang and other Tai
>> language versions, Yao, various Miao languages. All very
>> dispersed and uncontrolled, and certainly under researched. But I
>> have always thought that the term CJKV privileges Vietnamese in a
>> way that's not really warranted; one could start talking about
>> CJKDBZTYMV....
>>
>
> Well, Vietnam gets the privilege because it pays to participate in the
> IRG. Maybe we should more broadly advertise the fact -- participate
> in the IRG and get your own letter in the acronym for East Asian
> ideographic languages! :-)
>
Some countries only permit participation in the IRG through the national body.
> ========
> John H. Jenkins
> jenkins@apple.com
> jhjenkins@mac.com
> http://homepage.mac.com/jhjenkins/
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