To let the thread drift just a little, I feel that written language must have evolved by "writing down the sound". How did languages evolve non-phonetic scripts?
On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 9:21 PM, Thaths <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 7:54 AM, Meera <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Which are the languages which have a huge disconnect between written and > > spoken versions? Like Tamil/thamizh... > > And why do such languages evolve like that? > > > > The wikipedia article on Diglossia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diglossia > > > is a good starting place. > > Thaths > -- > Homer: Hey, what does this job pay? > Carl: Nuthin'. > Homer: D'oh! > Carl: Unless you're crooked. > Homer: Woo-hoo! >
