23-01-2026, 07:06 PM
(This post was last modified: 23-01-2026, 07:07 PM by Bluetoes101.)
(23-01-2026, 06:23 PM)Jorge_Stolfi wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.My conclusion is that the Author invented the script in order to make the contents more accessible to Europeans.
From the little I looked into this in the past it seems that people used their language to describe sounds of another language, and this was usually just names.
Are there any examples of;
1. People inventing a new "language" to describe sounds to people? Language as in a new alphabet etc.
- If I heard "ni hao" maybe I write "nee how" in English
- If I see 你好 I should think copying it would save.. well everything to do with inventing a one-off language
2. Work that is much more extensive than say a map with "Bel-jum" (or whatever)? Like a few pages of phonetic interpretation*?
(I may have just made that term up).
I think I'm with you that the author invented the script, just maybe not exactly the why.. pending further proof
