Reply #14: From Encyclopaedia Britannica 1969

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From article entitled "Logogram and Syllabary" (an article about writing systems):

Writings of Modern Primitive Societies
Several systems, such as those of the Cherokees and Alaska Eskimos in America and of the Vai and Bamum Negroes in Africa, were developed in modern times under the influence of western civilization. Starting as a primitive logography, they passed through a logosyllabic stage, ending with syllabaries consisting of 85 (Cherokee) to 226 (Vai) signs.

Note the word usage: Primitive Societies versus western civilization.

Do you think the author and editor were actually rolling on the floor laughing or do you think they were simply patting themselves on the back for their work?