Qalam

Qalam is "a mailing list about the world's writing systems." It is a Yahoogroup set up in mid-2000 which was very active for about eight years. The full list archives were browsable and searchable online until 14 Dec 2019.

I joined in 2003 and my contributions are as follows [in process of reconstructing list as of 29 Mar 2020]:

2003

• A12n gateway, Apr 3, 2003 10:00 am
• Re: African languages in Arabic script?, Apr 5, 2003 2:07 am
• Capital hooked-Y glyph variants, Apr 6, 2003 10:38 am
• Three characters & Sereer, Apr 24, 2003 12:24 am
• Fw: [AfricanLanguages] N'ko, May 7, 2003 11:26 pm
• Sources for characters in ISO 6438, May 13, 2003 12:31 am
• Re: ISO 6438, the Niamey keyboard, and ISO/TC46/SC4/WG1, May 13, 2003 10:20 pm
• Re: ISO 6438, the Niamey keyboard, and ISO/TC46/SC4/WG1, May 14, 2003 8:08 am
• Re: ISO 6438, the Niamey keyboard, and ISO/TC46/SC4/WG1, May 17, 2003 12:49 am
• Re: ISO 6438, the Niamey keyboard, and ISO/TC46/SC4/WG1, May 18, 2003 5:59 pm
• Re: ISO 6438, the Niamey keyboard, and ISO/TC46/SC4/WG1, May 18, 2003 10:44 pm
• Re: ISO 6438, the Niamey keyboard, and ISO/TC46/SC4/WG1, May 24, 2003 11:23 pm
• Practical Orthography of African Languages, 1930, Aug 31, 2003 3:00 am
• Re: Practical Orthography of African Languages, 1930, Aug 31, 2003 1:40 pm
• Tifinagh, Oct 2, 2003 6:08 pm
• Re: Tifinagh, Oct 3, 2003 10:52 pm
• Article on cuneiform encoding, Oct 3, 2003 11:04 pm
• Re: Tifinagh, Oct 9, 2003 8:10 pm
• Korea, Corea, (chorea?), Corée & the history of K, Dec 15, 2003 5:27 pm
• Re: Writing Chinese (CJK, really...)(zhongwen.com), Dec 17, 2003 4:55 pm

2004

• Hausa alphabet(s), Feb 14, 2004 7:36 am
• International Mother Language Day, 2/21/04, Feb 21, 2004 11:56 am
• Nubian script?, Mar 7, 2004 11:29 am
• Re: Nubian script?, Mar 7, 2004 10:48 pm
• Fw: TOC: Orthographic Conventions in African Languages & CASAS Series, Apr 9, 2004 2:58 am
• Re: Study of African Languages in LA, May 31, 2004 3:16 am
• TDC Type Salon: Conversation with John D. Berry & Saki Mafundikwa, Jul 13, 2004 1:35 am
• Re: TDC Type Salon: Conversation with John D. Berry & Saki Mafundikwa, Jul 14, 2004 12:57 am
• Tr.: L'alphabet latin serait-il d'origine berbère ?, Jul 27, 2004 1:11 am
• Fwd: New mail list for African script issues, Aug 21, 2004 5:32 am
• Internship: Rosetta Project/Long Now Foundation, Sep 19, 2004 3:24 am

2005

• Naxi Dongba pictographs, Jan 25, 2005 2:57 am
• "Writing System Alternativs" [sic], Feb 5, 2005 5:27 pm
• New group: "MINEL" - The future of our linguistic diversity, Feb 10, 2005 1:59 am
• IMLD, 2/21/05: Braille & sign languages, Feb 18, 2005 2:57 pm
• Re: IMLD, 2/21/05: Braille & sign languages, Feb 19, 2005 3:25 pm
• Fwd: Braille and Phonetics, Feb 20, 2005 8:26 am
• "Local Alphabet to Be Launched" (Soni alphabet), Mar 3, 2005 7:36 am
• Marathi Devanagari / Marathi Latin, Mar 11, 2005 7:46 am
• "Writing Systems: A Linguistic Approach" (review), Apr 28, 2005 7:43 am
• Fwd: Re: [Unicode-Afr] Re: Typafrica, May 11, 2005 10:22 am
• Written Language & Literacy 6(2), 7(1), 7(2)?, May 20, 2005 6:18 am
• Re: [M_L] English and Marathi?, Jun 4, 2005 4:43 pm
• Re: Unicode and Mandombe?, Oct 10, 2005 3:27 am
• No capital letters in new Tasmanian Aboriginal orthography?, Oct 10, 2005 3:42 am
• Norquay script?, Oct 10, 2005 4:06 am
• The Philippine Script of Alibata?, Nov 13, 2005 7:28 pm
• Old Portuguese in Hebrew Script?, Dec 12, 2005 7:42 am
• Tsa-la-gi syllabary online?, Dec 29, 2005 3:33 am

2006

• "Divehi and Thaana: About Maldivian scipts"?, Feb 24, 2006 12:54 pm
• "Push for simpler [English] spelling persists"?, Jul 8, 2006 12:41 am
• Re: Tuareg written word?, Aug 7, 2006 2:09 am
• Re: A New Wave of Writing?, Aug 7, 2006 2:25 am
• FW: [M_L] Re: Languages with writing systems??, Oct 11, 2006 12:37 am
• [M_L] Re: Languages with writing systems??, Oct 11, 2006 2:01 am
• [M_L] Re: Languages with writing systems??, Oct 21, 2006 4:36 pm
• FW: [M_L] Re: Languages with writing systems??, Oct 21, 2006 5:20 pm
• [M_L] Re: Languages with writing systems??, Oct 21, 2006 6:21 pm
• Re: [M_L] Re: Languages with writing systems??, Oct 22, 2006 5:46 am
• RE: [M_L] Re: Languages with writing systems??, Oct 22, 2006 3:47 pm
• "Writing systems of Africa"?, Dec 26, 2006 1:24 pm
• Re: "Writing systems of Africa"?, Dec 27, 2006 12:16 am

2007

• Re: The Wikipeda Language-recognition page?, Feb 11, 2007 12:12 am
• Association for Written Language and Literacy (AWLL)?, Mar 11, 2007 4:09 pm
• Origin of Ɓ??, Aug 15, 2007 7:07 pm
• Re: Origin of Ɓ??, Aug 16, 2007 3:13 pm
• Re: Origin of Ɓ??, Sep 15, 2007 4:29 am
• Re: Origin of Ɓ??, Sep 15, 2007 4:33 am
• Re: Origin of Ɓ??, Sep 15, 2007 4:46 am
• "FaYe" - a proposed new script for Yoruba?, Sep 15, 2007 4:58 am
• Re: "FaYe" - a proposed new script for Yoruba?, Sep 15, 2007 3:49 pm
• Re: "FaYe" ... --> Human hearing, vowels, and consonants?, Sep 16, 2007 12:35 am
• Re: "FaYe" - a proposed new script for Yoruba?, Sep 16, 2007 3:19 pm
• Re: "FaYe" - a proposed new script for Yoruba?, Sep 16, 2007 6:56 pm
• Orthographies of indigenous languages of the Americas?, Sep 17, 2007 12:11 am
• "Bruly Boubaré's Alphabet" (Bété in Côte d'Ivoire)?, Oct 19, 2007 9:09 pm
• Re: "Bruly Bouabré's Alphabet" (Bété in Côte d'Ivoire)?, Oct 29, 2007 12:51 am

2008

• "Mongolian Script Teachers Set Up Union"?, Apr 12, 2008 5:27 am

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