A New Theory on the Origin and Evolution of Brāhmī AlphabetBlack & White, 2006 - 118 pages Argues that all Brahmi characters excepting three or four can be created by applying the principle of acrophony to the ancient Indo Aryan language. |
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acrophony already ancient angular appears Aryans Aśokan edicts assigned basic signs belong borrowed Brāhmī Brahmi alphabet Brahmi letters Brahmi script century BC combined common consonants created culture decipher decipherment depicting derived dots earlier entire evolution Example existence expression eyes fact final follows grammarians grouped Harappan horizontal human hundred Ibid identical ideograph Indian indicates Indus characters Indus script inscriptions keeping knowledge known language later legends ligatures logical look match means medial sign mentioned method natural NOTES objects obtained origin period Phoenician phonetic values pictograph placing possible principle race represented retained Sanskrit word scholars script Semitic separate shape shown side similar snake sound stage stands straight lines stroke suggested symbols Table thousand transformation vertical vocabulary vowel whole writing