[Suppress-Script] Initial list of 300 languages

[John Cowan]

scripsi:

> I was actually referring to handwriting (manuscript) tradition.  The
> letter shapes are much older than the dots or the pre-reform spelling
> conventions; indeed, these shapes were used for Old English, which has
> no dots, and would probably appear in Welsh manuscripts of comparable
> age if we had any.

Indeed, St. Cadfan's Church in Tywyn contains the oldest known Welsh
inscription, and the letterforms are clearly insular:  see
http://www.tywyn-ctc.org.uk/CImages/st-cadfans-stone.jpg

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