Re: Biblical Hebrew (Was: Major Defect in Combining Classes of Tibetan Vowels)

From: Peter_Constable@sil.org
Date: Fri Jun 27 2003 - 13:41:43 EDT

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    Karljürgen Feuerherm wrote on 06/27/2003 08:23:08 AM:

    > Now, Q: I take it the combining classes are linked to the script, rather
    > than say to a dialect

    They're linked to the character.

    > --e.g. one can't define BH as a separate dialect from
    > MH with its own set of rules?

    No, not unless BH is encoded with a separate set of characters.

    - Peter

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