Thursday, July 24, 2014

Parallel Passages

There are a number of parallel passages in the Rohonc Codex. I came across one last night, and decided to compare the two versions of the passage side-by-side. I was able to identify several glyphs that my current transcription treats as different which should apparently be the same.

I also found an instance of alternate spelling, which may eventually provide some insight into the phonology of some of these glyphs. Compare the following from page 1 R4:

D CX D IX W CO D C3Q L C I CX D CX D C1FR CURE KB

and the following overlapping passage from page 124 R6:

C3Q L I1G CX D CX D C1FR XB KBAD O I CX CUNW

It appears that the word written L C I in the first line is written L I1G in the second line. It is possible that the two words are synonyms, or that the two glyph sequences are similar in sound. Perhaps I1G represents a palatalized form of C in the presence of I (or something like that).

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