February 26, 2004

nushu

“Nushu is a beautiful script which was created hundreds of years ago by unschooled, rural, peasant women in Jiang Yong Prefecture, Hunan Province, China.” [The World of Nushu via Margaret Ronkin at Georgetown University via the Language Policy List at the University of Pennsylvania]

Posted by jim at February 26, 2004 04:29 PM | TrackBack
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how did the creation of nushu come about? my understanding is nushu was often in the form of song, poetry, story to uplift other women. do we know who created nushu, or was it an evolutionary process?

Posted by: Jennifer on May 8, 2004 12:23 AM
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