Re: Cheyenne and international standards

Michael Everson (everson@irlearn.ucd.ie)
Thu, 2 Jun 1994 13:02:04 +0100

On Wed, 1 Jun 1994 15:12:46 -0800 <NativeNet@gnosys.svle.ma.us> said:
>Original Sender: "Ghost Wheel - nsmca@acad2.alaska" <acad2.alaska.edu!NSMCA>
>
>What about if a lingo wants to use a syllybary?
>I know the old cree and eskimo (inuit) used a grafic syllybary.

The Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics Encoding Committee has been working
on this for years. They have defined some 750 characters in use, and
have proposed an encoding for them which is under review. I'm one of
the people involved in the review.

Michael Everson
School of Architecture, UCD; Richview, Clonskeagh; Dublin 14; E/ire
Phone: +353 1 706-2745 Fax: +353 1 283-7778 Home: +353 1 478-2597