On Tue, 16 Jan 2001 09:16:01 -0500 (EST), Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 15 Jan 2001, Samuel W. Heywood wrote: >> It is true that Navajo is a strictly oral language and not written. > Walk along the smaller streets along the southside of I-40 in > Gallup, NM, or head up to Shiprock on US-666. Look at all the > signs on the storefronts, and then tell me Navajo isn't written. > You shouldn't believe everything on the Discovery Channel. Do the Navajo have their own written alphabetic characters and symbols, or do they just "transliterate" their spoken language into phonetic spellings and symbols using the white man's character set? If they do not have their very own alphabet, and one that is sufficient for transcribing almost all spoken communications, then they do not have a written language. Sam -- This mail sent by Arachne, www graphical browser for DOS -- Visit the Arachne DOS Browser Home Page, http://home.arachne.cz
