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Re:Unearthing long ignored African writing system, researche... by JumpCrisscross on Monday January 02, 2023 @08:58AM (#34217855)
> groups of people carrying on commerce in Ajami, and that the official governments in those regions don't recognize Ajami as existing as a script

Not recognised as an official language is far from not being recognised as a script.

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Re:Unearthing long ignored African writing system, researche... by lukeschlather on Monday January 02, 2023 @09:46AM (#34218384)
Not recognizing that there are substantial populations that read and write it is different from not recognizing it as an official language.
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Re:Unearthing long ignored African writing system, researche... by JumpCrisscross on Monday January 02, 2023 @09:50AM (#34218429)
> not recognizing that there are substantial populations that read and write

Who isn’t recognising it? This article is a story of personal discovery, not actual discovery. That’s why it’s a narrative press release. Not a paper.

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