Re: [OT] Arabic script langs in 3.0 ; list?

From: tom@bluesky.org
Date: Mon Dec 04 2000 - 18:26:28 EST


>Unicode 3.0 mentions 11 contemporary languages written in Arabic, most
>from Central Asia, none from Africa except Arabic---Berber is not
>mentioned.

Hausa is definitely African, in Northern Nigeria. As I understand it the
use of Arabic script is somewhat limited compared to latin. But one place
it is seen is on paper money.

http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/aflang/Hausa/Pronunciation/writing.html



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