From: asadek@st-elias.com
Date: Sun Jul 03 2005 - 16:52:44 CDT
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From: Bob_Hallissy@sil.org
>
> On 2005-07-03 08:33:46 PM asadek wrote:
>
> > How about the simultaneous (I think) and recent (after the
> > stability normalisation pact) encoding of combining SMALL V and
> > precomposed U+0756
> Bā'
> > with SMALL V? Why encode a precompose character now?
>
> 0756 is *not* a precomposed character: there is no decomposition defined
> for it.
Isn't this a bit of an definition trick? Less define a decomposition and it is a precomposed character. You rather have to explain why this definition is missing than use it as an argument.
> Therefore 0756 is *not* the same as 066E+065A
By the lack of a decomposition definition, let's remedy this.
> Note also that as used in African languages, 0756 is a consonant, not a
> consonant +vowel, and 065A is a vowel, used in syllable construction with
> a number of consonants.
Pronunciation is often of secondary importance (h is not pronounced in French, Italian, and pronounced differently in Croatian and English for instance).
But how would 066E + 065A appear and behave typographically differently than 0756? This is after all a character encoding not a pronunciation one.
Ashraf Sadek
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