On Thu, 1 Jun 2000, Alain wrote:
> I have to answer the following question from a colleague:
>
> >2- Are all these languages covered by ISO/IEC [9995-3] (Keyboard layouts for
> >text and office systems) ?
>
>
> [Alain] In order to answer, I need to have a list of characters implied by
> the following first question (accompanied by a corollary question):
>
> >There are eleven official languages in South Africa at the national level:
> >Afrikaans, English, isiNdebele, Sesotho sa Leboa, Sesotho, siSwati,
> >Xitsonga, Setswana, Tshivenda, isiXhosa and isiZulu.
> >
> >
> >1- Are all these languages covered by ISO/IEC 10646 (Universal
> >Multiple-Octet Coded Character Set - UCS)?
> >If not, what should SA have to do in regards that all these languages be
> >covered by ISO/IEC 10646?
>
>
> [Alain] Does somebody have this information?
>
>
> Alain LaBonté
> Québec
>
> PS: There is an extra question, but it will be easier to answer if I get
> the answer to the preceding one:
>
> >3- Are all these languages covered by ISO/IEC [14651] (International string
> >ordering)?
> >If not, what should SA have to do in regards that all these languages be
> >covered by ISO/IEC [14651]?
>
>
Thursday, June 1, 2000
I have no answers to these questions. I think at some point one would
need to define "covered by ISO/IEC 10646": If a South African language
uses a letter found in 10646 together with a combining character
(diacritic) found in 10646 with a separate code, but 10646 has no code for
the precomposed combination of the two, is that language "covered"? A
list of all letters, diacritics and combinations for each language would
seem a good place to start.
Do all these languages use versions of latin script?
Regards,
Jim Agenbroad ( jage@LOC.gov )
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