Christopher John Fynn scripsit: > OTOH in their sphere Han Chinese at least seem keen to stress cultural > unity as much as possible - hence they see the 'Phags-pa script as > a Chinese invention - though others would say it was invented by a > Tibetan for Mongolian and is ultimately based on an Indic script.
I do not read Chinese, but as I understand it, the claim is that the script was invented by a Zhongguoren (retrospectively speaking) though not by a Hanren, which is certainly true if you accept (as the Chinese government insists) that Tibet is part of Zhongguo. -- MEET US AT POINT ORANGE AT MIDNIGHT BRING YOUR DUCK OR PREPARE TO FACE WUGGUMS John Cowan http://www.reutershealth.com [EMAIL PROTECTED]
