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From: John Cowan <cowan@ccil.org>
Subject: Re: Are all alphabets...? (cxu Hangul < Brahmi?)
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Daniel von Brighoff wrote:

> In article <4q95hs$dme@math.mps.ohio-state.edu>,
> Vidhyanath K. Rao <vidynath@math.ohio-state.edu> wrote:
> >I suspect that Hankul derived its ideas from more than one source.
> 
>         I suspect it is, too.  I simply see no cause for postulating
> Devanagari as one of these sources.

The standard ordering of letters looks suspiciously the same:
velar stops, velar nasal, [palatals without Hangul counterparts],
[retroflexes without Hangul counterparts], dental stops, dental nasal,
palatal stops, palatal nasal, [semivowels without Hangul counterparts],
fricatives, "h".

Might it not be the case that the Korean scholars drew on Buddhist
documentation in determining the standard ordering?

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John Cowan						cowan@ccil.org
			e'osai ko sarji la lojban
