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My current understanding of the glyphs includes the idea that whatever it was originally contined many ligatures, possibly even a cursive script. Some of these properties shine through in the current form, which on the surface looks like majuscule. For example, I believe cc might have originally been a cr ligature. So it's cursive presented as non cursive. That is why I  don't believe in one to one substitution, and it is also why I am afraid statistical analyses wont be able to tell us the full story.

Edit: the reason why I tell this now is because it might explain complementary distributions based on surrounding glyphs
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Words beginning [a] - by Emma May Smith - 10-09-2016, 05:26 PM
RE: Words beginning [a] - by Sam G - 10-09-2016, 06:45 PM
RE: Words beginning [a] - by -JKP- - 10-09-2016, 07:04 PM
RE: Words beginning [a] - by Koen G - 10-09-2016, 07:30 PM
RE: Words beginning [a] - by Emma May Smith - 10-09-2016, 07:39 PM
RE: Words beginning [a] - by Koen G - 10-09-2016, 07:58 PM
RE: Words beginning [a] - by -JKP- - 10-09-2016, 08:12 PM
RE: Words beginning [a] - by Emma May Smith - 10-09-2016, 09:06 PM
RE: Words beginning [a] - by Koen G - 10-09-2016, 09:18 PM
RE: Words beginning [a] - by Diane - 11-09-2016, 01:52 AM
RE: Words beginning [a] - by Emma May Smith - 11-09-2016, 12:28 PM
RE: Words beginning [a] - by Diane - 11-09-2016, 01:04 PM

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