On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 00:54:23 +1100, David Gerard fun@thingy.apana.org.au wrote:
A question: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ossetic_language says that Ossetic can use Latin script as well as Cyrillic script.
...been using it in 1920s. There was a general Soviet policy of the 1920s to use Latin script in local languages, and even Russian was planned to latinization. But then Stalin came to rule, having other points of view.
Does anyone still use Latin?
Noone ever, except situations when Cyrillic keyboard is not available. When it's not available, they use "translit" -- a horrible intuitive latinization. :)
Are there important texts in Latin?
I have never seen any Latin script book in Ossetic in all my life. I only know, that they have existed.
Is there a one-to-one correspondence between the Cyrillic and Latin spellings in Ossetic, so that you change one to the other automatically?
Yes. Still human post-edition might be needed after such change.
Sl.