Standard Alphabet: For Reducing Unwritten Languages and Foreign Graphic Systems to an Uniform Orthography in European Letters (Classic Reprint) - Softcover
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Five years have elapsed since the first edition of the Standard Alphabet was published. It has during that period enjoyed a Wide circulation principally owing to the recommendation of the Committee of the Church Missionary Society, and the progress it has made leaves no doubt on our mind that it will ere long be universally adopted in all Missionary literature.
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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book seeks to address the need for a systematized orthography when working with unwritten languages, particularly for use in the translation of religious text. The author looks at the activities of various international missionary organizations and their attempts to create standard languages and alphabets. The author also examines the historical development of written language systems in regions such as Africa and Asia. The author suggests that the universal application of a standard orthography would increase the ease with which people could be introduced to Christianity and Western culture, eliminating confusion that arises from dialects and non-standard orthography. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Seller Inventory # 9781332069545_0
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Condition: Sehr gut. Zustand: Sehr gut | Seiten: 338 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Keine Beschreibung verfügbar. Seller Inventory # 26050835/2