Hi Greg,
The usage of MVS-A(1820), MVS-E(185D) exists in old manchu document.
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from 満文原档・荒字档・2,3頁
But not many.
This is Professor Kuribayashi's opinion
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SiqinBilige.
On 2015/10/23 0:42, Greg Eck wrote:
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> Thanks Siqin for the research on this.
>
> If you could appreciate Professor Kuribayashi for the group also, that
> would be good.
>
> So, we may actually have an MVS-A, MVS-E in Manchu?!
>
> Comments further …
>
> Greg
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> I means manchu and not sibe.
> But 185D used in both sibe and manchu.
> I receive this document from Professor Kuribayashi (Center for
> Northeast Asian Studies, Tohoku University, Japan).
> When I develop a manchu keyboard layout for him, he wanted to add MVS.
> He says, There is no grammar rule using MVS in manchu.
> But there is usage of MVS like words in early manchu documents.
>
> SiqinBilige.
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