the pronunciation of the language. Unlike the Latin alphabet, the script has no concept of letter case, meaning the script is a unicameral alphabet. Devanagari ( DAY-və-NAH-gə-ree; in script: देवनागरी, IAST: Devanāgarī, Sanskrit pronunciation: [deːʋɐnaːɡɐriː]) is an Indic script used in the Indian subcontinent. Also simply called Nāgarī (Sanskrit: नागरी, Nāgarī), It is a left-to-right abugida (a type of segmental writing system), based on the ancient Brāhmī script. It is one of the official scripts of India and Nepal. It was developed in, and Add…

Proposals for a Uniform Missionary Alphabet For other versions of this work, see Proposals for a Missionary Alphabet . ← Proposals for a Uniform Missionary Alphabet ( 1853 ) by Friedrich Max Müller → sister projects : Commons category , Wikidata item 4555565 Proposals for a Uniform Missionary Alphabet 1853 Friedrich Max Müller ​ PROPOSALS FOR A UNIFORM MISSIONARY ALPHABET. The want of a standard system of orthography has been experienced by all persons engaged in the study of languages, whether written or unwritten. The philologist, the historian, the geographer, and more than all the missionary,—the messenger of the Gospel to all nations of the world,—have been harassed in their labours by the diversity of alphabets; and the difficulties arising from it have been second only to those arising from the diversity of language, which St. Augustin called the chief barrier in the establishment of the Civitas Dei, and Humboldt the great impediment in the realisation of the idea of Humanity. Whatever may be thought of the practicability of finally supplanting all the existing alphabets of the world by one uniform system of writing, it surely is our duty, and a sacred duty for the members and directors of Missionary Societies, not to increase the existing diversity, but to do all in their power in preparing the way for the accomplishment of that highest, though as yet indefinite, aim of society toward which Christianity has been struggling from the very first. For the practical soluti

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