John Clews asked:
>
> Cyrillic inclusions and exclusions in Unicode 3.0 beta
>
> ISO/IEC 10646-1:2000 and Unicode 3.0 beta seem to code only certain
> letters in Kildin Sami, as listed in WG2 N1813:
>
> 048F;CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER ER WITH TICK
> 048E;CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER ER WITH TICK
> 048D;CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER SEMISOFT SIGN
> 048C;CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER SEMISOFT SIGN
> 04ED;CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER E WITH DIAERESIS
> 04EC;CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER E WITH DIAERESIS
>
> However, the beta version of Unicode 3.0 excludes EL WITH DESCENDER;
> SHORT I WITH DESCENDER; and EM WITH DESCENDER.
>
> What happened?
Those 6 letters were removed from Unicode 3.0 to accord with the
resolution of a problem in FPDAM 31, resulting in the recommendation
to remove them from FPDAM 31. To stay in synch with the content of
the second edition of 10646-1, the Unicode 3.0 repertoire must match
the expected reportoire of the second edition.
> Is this OK? Can Kildin Sami manage without these
> characters?
Without those *particular* characters, yes, because the particular
characters that were introduced in Amendment 31 were not recognized
or accepted as Kildin Sami characters by the Kildin Sami experts!
That was the problem. They needed both glyph *and* name changes to
match Sami requirements -- effectively a complete recoding of the
characters. This will be accomplished in due time by specific, and correct
additions in a future amendment to 10646.
>
> Also Cyrillic Q and W used in Kurdish (at least in times past)
> are still not included.
These characters are not yet in any Amendment to 10646.
The Unicode Standard stays in synch with 10646.
Therefore, these characters are not in Unicode 3.0.
>
> When are these likely to be added? Any thoughts?
When a proposal reaches working draft status in WG2, and makes it
through PDAM, FPDAM, and DAM balloting.
John, pay attention.
--Ken
>
> I look forward to any clarifications
>
> Best regards
>
> John Clews
>
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