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> syllabaries are absolutely the norm, and usual end state for a script This is entirely unsupported by evidence. There are a varieties of approaches to writin
by biorach 4y ago
> syllabaries are absolutely the norm, and usual end state for a script
This is entirely unsupported by evidence. There are a varieties of approaches to writing systems around the world - syllabaries are only one.
> Japan to Ireland
Japan, yes.
Ireland, no - there is no record of a syllabary in use there.
- ncmncm 4y agoWell, OK. The world is anyway lousy with syllabaries and abjads, many of which started life as logograms. And, it is attractive to think there was a first, although it is easy to imagine a pair of neighboring scripts both evolving to syllabaries simultaneously.