Re: Mongolian in ISO/IEC 10646

From: Janusz S. Bien ([email protected])
Date: Wed Jul 28 1999 - 03:02:20 EDT

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Thanks for explanation.

Michael Everson <[email protected]> wrote on Tue, 27 Jul 1999 03:05:30 -0700 (PDT):
>Ar 23:09 -0700 1999-07-26, scr�obh Janusz S. Bien:
>>Final Proposed Draft Amendment 29 "Tibetan extension" (closing date
>>for vote 1999-08-13) ,,Mongolian'' introduces in particular the
>>characters
>>
>> 48 QUESTION EXCLAMATION MARK
>> 49 EXCLAMATION QUESTION MARK
>>
>>What is the reason for creating such precomposed characters instead
>>of using the appropriate sequence of regular question and exclamation
>>marks (which, I guess, are used in Mongolian anyway)?
>
>Because in vertically formatted Mongolian you want
>
>M M
>O O
>N not N
>G G
>O O
>L L
>!? !
> ?
>
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