Coorgi–Cox alphabet

High school (ages 12+)
People & Society

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https://smallwhale.org/articles/coorgi-cox-alphabet

Write what each word means, using the article.

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Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the script developer?Gregg M. Cox, a linguist
2. What is the language family?Dravidian
3. Who made the Coorgi–Cox alphabet and why?A linguist named Gregg M. Cox made the alphabet after a group of Kodava people asked for a new script. He wanted to give the language its own identity and help keep it alive.
4. How many letters does the Coorgi–Cox alphabet have?The alphabet has 26 consonant letters and 8 vowel letters, plus a special mark for diphthongs. This matches the sounds that are used in Kodava Takk.

Orthography: The conventional spelling system of a language.
Phoneme: The smallest unit of sound in a language that can distinguish one word from another.
Linguistic Revitalization: Efforts to increase the number of speakers of a minority or endangered language.