I see English, Chinese, Vietnamese, Sanskrit, Italian and Korean, but there are two scripts I can't recognize. Do tell me if you know. The Vietnamese is not quite correct, by the way.
I believe it's Pallava, "which spawned almost all the scripts of SE Asia." I have been boning up on SE Indian art history and had the impression that the Tamil-speaking Chola dynasty conquered SE Asia giving birth to Balinese religion, and the Pallava were the less seafaring dynasty from West of Chennai that the Chola defeated and copied their art, but the Pallava apparently got around too earlier. I don't believe that Pallava is currently spoken in India, certainly not by large numbers if any.
sorry, but i'm still confused. are there two lines of sanskrit below the vietnamese? those two lines seem to possibly be different languages? doesn't matter, but just curious. i recognize the korean but no idea of the meanings of individual words.
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The top script is Tamil. The one above the Italian has me stumped though.
Thanks, Brian! The last script is like nothing I've ever seen...
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I believe it's Pallava, "which spawned almost all the scripts of SE Asia." I have been boning up on SE Indian art history and had the impression that the Tamil-speaking Chola dynasty conquered SE Asia giving birth to Balinese religion, and the Pallava were the less seafaring dynasty from West of Chennai that the Chola defeated and copied their art, but the Pallava apparently got around too earlier. I don't believe that Pallava is currently spoken in India, certainly not by large numbers if any.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pallava_alphabet
http://skyknowledge.com/pallava.htm
it seems there's one more mystery one? below the vietnamese there are two, one of which is presumably sanskrit. the other one...?
that's the Pallava xl
sorry, but i'm still confused. are there two lines of sanskrit below the vietnamese? those two lines seem to possibly be different languages? doesn't matter, but just curious. i recognize the korean but no idea of the meanings of individual words.
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