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| Feb 4, 2019 at 9:31 | comment | added | Peter Wone | I demur. A small alphabet is indicative of doing more with less, a sure sign of advancing technology. If you're about to try reduction ab adsurdum with a mention of binary, my response is that there's a sweet spot determined by economics, convenience, versatility and the characteristics of media. | |
| Feb 4, 2019 at 1:12 | comment | added | CJ Dennis | The Coorgi-Cox alphabet looks a lot like a Brahmi script, so I looked it up, and lo and behold, it is for one of India's many languages! | |
| Feb 3, 2019 at 1:43 | history | answered | AdrienDaBoss | CC BY-SA 4.0 |