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  • Re: ________Devanagari - The Perfect Script____________

    From Dipak Mane@21:1/5 to Shiva Shivakumar on Thu Apr 21 23:37:25 2022
    On Monday, May 9, 1994 at 12:28:32 AM UTC+5:30, Shiva Shivakumar wrote:
    In article <m0pyOKZ...@utacfd.uta.edu> sund...@utacfd.uta.edu (Ravi Sundaram) writes:
    I was amused by the suggestion Devanagari (or any other)
    script could be labelled "Perfect". The main argument
    seems to be that it is phonetic script.

    But all the Hindi newsreaders call a state kEraL.
    (One irritated malayaaLee friend said "I am going
    to call Haryana, HaryaN") So much for phonetics.
    Others with more knowledge more valid points. But
    A non-Indian friend once asked me if 'Indian' didn't have the sound
    'Z'. The reason shwe asked was that her professor (from NI) used to say 'jero' and not 'zero'. My reply was that his language had the 'Z' sound
    but mine didn't. And god knows why I say zero and he 'jero' !!!
    one minor point seem to have been missed by them.

    There is an amibiguity in the letter "kha" which
    looks just like two other letters side by side.
    "khal thE hai?" can be pronounced as "raval thE hai?"

    It is similer to the confusion regarding "au" in
    In Telugu, draw the circle little bigger, you get 'ya' instead of 'ma' (example given since somoone claimed Telugu was superior to Devanagari !)
    Tamil. "kauthami" and "keLathami" will look
    identical.

    English and French have many silent letters and
    ambiguous prounciation, All the Indian languages
    have much less ambiguity in pronounciation.
    To claim a particular script Perfect shows the
    bias of the proclaimer than anything else.

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    Jagadisan Shivakumar


    Hi, I would like to share my suggestion here. I was working on a typography project while studying BFA- Applied Arts in my college times and here are a few books which can be referred to understand scripts and typo in-depth.
    - 'Ganesh -Vidya' The traditional Indian approach to Phonetic Writing Script Study Group, Bombay 1968 by L. S. Wakanka.
    - Typography of Devanagari Vol. 1, 2 & 3 by B. S. Naik.
    - Devanagari Mudran Lekhan Kala by B. S. Naik.

    I'm sure these books will be helpful.

    Regards,
    Dipak Mane

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