io The Loom of Language FIG. 29 Runic Stone m National Park of Stockholm facing 238 30 Earliest Teutonic Inscription 265 31 Cutting from Icelandic Newspaper Showing the Iwo th Symbols ]? (as in thri) and 6 (as m them) 278 32 Cutting from a Norwegian Newspaper Showing the Scandi- navian Vowel Symbols 0 and a 281 33 Very Early (6th Centuiy B c) Latin Inscription on a Fibula (clasp or brooch) 311 34 The Oldest Roman Stone Insaiptoon—The Lapis Niger from the Forum (about Coo B c) fawig 312 35 Funeral Inscription of the Consul L Cornelius Scipio m an Early Latin Script (259 B c) 321 36 Oscan Inscription from Pompeii 325 37 Inscription in Early (about 590 B c) Greek Lettering from Egypt Chipped on the Statuary of a Rock Temple by Ionic Mercenaries 334 38 Stone Slab from Lcmnos with Early Greek Lettering 340 39 Stone with Celtic Inscription m Ogam Signs from Aboyne near Aberdeen in Scotland facing 414 40 Postage Stamp of Kemal Ataturk Teaching the Turks to Use the Roman Alphabet Joeing 415 41 Mongols Learning the Latin ABC facing 415 42 Compound Chinese Characters with Two Meaning Compo* nents 426 43 Compound Chinese Characters with Meaning and Phonetic Component 427 44 Parent Chinese Characters of the Katakana (older) Japanese Syllabary 435 45 Parent Chinese Characters of the Hiragana (later) Japanese Syllabary 439 46 Japanese Katakana Syllabary 440