From: Deborah W. Anderson (dwanders@pacbell.net)
Date: Fri Mar 19 2004 - 00:31:52 EST
In response to Philippe V's message:
> Could we get back to encoding real languages and that are still
> missing support for their script in Unicode? Wasn't the new subject
of > Mendé Kikakui not more valuable in Unicode discussions?
> As well as the many other missing African and Asian scripts (Africa
> really missing lots of efforts to support its endangered culture which
is > still actually used TODAY and with a long history...)
Not to dissuade Jon W., but I agree with Philippe on the importance of
encoding the many scripts that are used today -- particularly in Africa
and Asia -- whose users are anxious to get their script into Unicode.
N'Ko is one such script. It is used for the Mande languages of West
Africa and has an active community both in Africa and abroad (see
http://www.nkoinstitute.com, and
http://home.gwu.edu/~cwme/Nko/Nkohome.htm). We (Script Encoding
Initiative) are currently assisting in this effort to encode N'Ko the
extent we can (with limited funds). The user community has put up some
of their own personal funds to help get the script proposal done, but
more is needed to pay for the creation of a font and to finish the
proposal. The users are particularly keen to get N'Ko script into
Unicode so they can use it in email. Other active groups include those
wanting to encode Balinese, Ol Chiki, etc. And yes, UNESCO could
possibly be a place to look for assistance. (I'll have to investigate
it.)
With best wishes,
Deborah Anderson
Script Encoding Initiative (www.linguistics.berkeley.edu/~dwanders )
Deborah Anderson
Researcher, Dept. of Linguistics
UC Berkeley
Email: dwanders@socrates.berkeley.edu
or dwanders@pacbell.net
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