Re: Cyrillic KU (Q)

From: Alexej Kryukov (akrioukov@newmail.ru)
Date: Sun Oct 29 2006 - 09:36:51 CST

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    On Sunday 29 October 2006 06:33, James Kass wrote:
    >
    > My doubts refer to:
    >
    > - Reversed sigma -- is it a variant of U+01B7 : LATIN CAPITAL LETTER
    > EZH?

    Abkhazian Dze (U+04E0/U+04E1).

    > - Something that looks like a latin "V" -- later replaced by U+042B
    > as suggested at <http://www.flagspot.net/flags/su-geab.html#1923> and
    > <http://www.flagspot.net/flags/su-geab.html#1928>? How should it be
    > encoded?

    Probably Cyrillic Izhitsa (U+0474/U+0475).

    > - Resversed "P" -- cyrillic "Q"? How should it be encoded?

    Not encoded yet, as well as some other characters used in the older
    version of the Abkhazian alphabet. See the examples at

    http://www.christusrex.org/www1/pater/JPN-abkhaz.html;
    http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/Abhaz_alphabet_chochua.JPG

    -- 
    Regards,
    Alexej Kryukov <akrioukov at newmail dot ru>
    Moscow State University
    Historical Faculty
    


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