The Loom Of Language

io The Loom of Language
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29 Runic Stone m National Park of Stockholm facing 238
30 Earliest Teutonic Inscription 265
31 Cutting from Icelandic Newspaper Showing the Iwo th
Symbols ]? (as in thri) and 6 (as m them) 278
32 Cutting from a Norwegian Newspaper Showing the Scandi-
navian Vowel Symbols 0 and a 281
33 Very Early (6th Centuiy B c) Latin Inscription on a Fibula
(clasp or brooch) 311
34 The Oldest Roman Stone Insaiptoon—The Lapis Niger
from the Forum (about Coo B c) fawig 312
35 Funeral Inscription of the Consul L Cornelius Scipio m an
Early Latin Script (259 B c) 321
36 Oscan Inscription from Pompeii 325
37 Inscription in Early (about 590 B c) Greek Lettering from
Egypt Chipped on the Statuary of a Rock Temple by Ionic
Mercenaries 334
38 Stone Slab from Lcmnos with Early Greek Lettering 340
39 Stone with Celtic Inscription m Ogam Signs from Aboyne
near Aberdeen in Scotland facing 414
40 Postage Stamp of Kemal Ataturk Teaching the Turks to Use
the Roman Alphabet Joeing 415
41 Mongols Learning the Latin ABC facing 415
42 Compound Chinese Characters with Two Meaning Compo*
nents 426
43 Compound Chinese Characters with Meaning and Phonetic
Component 427
44 Parent Chinese Characters of the Katakana (older) Japanese
Syllabary 435
45 Parent Chinese Characters of the Hiragana (later) Japanese
Syllabary 439
46 Japanese Katakana Syllabary 440