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Re:Unearthing long ignored African writing system, researche... by lukeschlather on Monday January 02, 2023 @08:38AM (#34217681)
It's phonetic, and these are all living languages. All you need to know is what characters correspond to which phonemes and you need someone who can speak enough words of the language.
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Re:Unearthing long ignored African writing system, researche... by BurningFrog on Monday January 02, 2023 @08:46AM (#34217754)
So the same way you tell written French from German today.
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Re:Unearthing long ignored African writing system, researche... by etothepii on Monday January 02, 2023 @09:06AM (#34217927)
Surely the lack of a ß gives it away.
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Re:Unearthing long ignored African writing system, researche... by 082349872349872 on Monday January 02, 2023 @09:31AM (#34218219)
Going solely on lack of a ß would characterise swiss german as french.
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