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Valerie Sutton Date: Thu Feb 11, 1999 12:11 am Subject: Re: Egyptian Sign Language | ||||||||
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On Wed, 10 Feb 1999, Angus wrote: > I sat in on a few classes in Middle Egyptian when I was an >undergrad, and didn't notice any references to deafness. You realize that >Egyptian hieroglyphics were an alphabetic system, similar to Roman, and >not very different from the real SignWriting. > > -Angus B. Grieve-Smith > Linguistics Department > The University of New Mexico > _____________________ Hi Angus - Perhaps you could explain what you mean further....I don't know very much about Egyptian hieroglyphics. I had heard that it incorporates some notation for sounds, is that true? Valerie ':-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Valerie Sutton at the DAC Deaf Action Committee for SW SignWriting https://www.SignWriting.org Center For Sutton Movement Writing an educational nonprofit organization Box 517, La Jolla, CA, 92038-0517, USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ||||||||
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