Re: Continue:Glaring mistake in the code list for South Asian Script

From: Doug Ewell <doug_at_ewellic.org>
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 09:34:24 -0600

Anbu Kaveeswarar Selvaraju <anbu at peoplestring dot com> wrote:

> The Bengali alphabet (Bengali: বাংলা লিপি bangla lipi or Bengali:
> বঙ্গলিপি
> bôņgôlipi) is the writing system for the Bengali language. The same
> script
> is the basis for the Assamese, Meitei, Bishnupriya Manipuri, Kokborok,
> Garo
> and Mundari alphabets. All these languages are spoken in the eastern
> region
> of South Asia. Refer:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengali_alphabet
>
> I propose to Unicode that it renames this code range as "Eastern
> Nagari"
> or "East(ern) South Asian" Script.

You're not listening. Block names in Unicode do not denote languages.

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