On Friday, August 02, 2002 6:04 pm, Kenneth Whistler <kenw at sybase dot com> wrote:
>>> ... and some extreme case >>> orthographies are known that employ up to *hepta*graphs! >> >> Ooo, I want one! Do you have any examples, Ken? > > If I recall correctly, that one was a technical orthography > of Nama -- but I can't track down an online reference at the > moment. The language was called !Xóõ, and I'll bet everyone will be just astonished to find out who provided the information. Re: Mixed up priorities From: Michael Everson Date: Sun Oct 24 1999 - 06:34:24 EDT URL: http://www.unicode.org/mail-arch/unicode-ml/Archives-Old/UML019/0789.htm l The longest unitary sequence in the orthography was dts'kx' (7 letters). (I just love that name, don't you? I could say it all day, if only I knew how. !Xóõ !Xóõ !Xóõ.) -Doug Ewell Fullerton, California
