On 2003.10.23, 23:19, Peter Kirk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > the V-shaped letter is something like the Russian close central vowel > ? - might be U+0474 which was used in Russian up to about that time,
Iz^ica, of course! I mean, it may be something else though, but it is unforgivable that I hadn't remembered that one! > the backwards P is the something like the Russian ? and the English k > - this just might be an alternative form of U+0480 which is in effect > a Cyrillic Q. Hm, U+0480 is the cyrillic version of koppa -- I'd expect it to appear only in byzantine words, mainly used in Orthodox Church context, just like cyrillic omega (U+0460) and cyrillic psi (U+0470). But since this is the 1909-1926 Abkhaz orthography, we can expect this kind of letters in use more than in Stalin-era orthographies, that's for sure. Anyway, this may be the specific cyrillic glyph refered in use in Kurdish some time ago, one point in favor of its disunification from U+0051. However, I remember having sees a late 18th cent. french painting showing U+0051 (latin, not cyrillic!) with the reverse "P" glyph. > I don't see any apostrophe in the images either at > http://soviet.lovehinaplus.com/CGEORGIA.HTM or at > http://coffeenews.narod.ru/News/Simbol/IM_001.html. It is between the "T" and "A" of the first word -- I reckon it may be a grave (on the "A") instead. > Am I missing something? > http://www.tuvalkin.web.pt/unicode/su-geab.jpg is not found. Sorry. It should be http://www.tuvalkin.web.pt/unicode/su)geab.jpg -- ____. Ant�nio MARTINS-Tuv�lkin, | ()| <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |####| R. Laureano de Oliveira, 64 r/c esq. | PT-1885-050 MOSCAVIDE (LRS) N�o me invejo de quem tem | +351 934 821 700 carros, parelhas e montes | http://www.tuvalkin.web.pt/bandeira/ s� me invejo de quem bebe | http://pagina.de/bandeiras/ a �gua em todas as fontes |
