Is anyone working on (academically or in ICT) Nubian languages, in particular the script(s)? I had a question from a someone on this and know little about it....
Thanks, Michael. I've been contacted by a member of a group working to promote Nubian languages. One of their interests is encoding the necessary characters. I...
Hello, I am working on the influence of writing direction on the organization of space (ex: scientific charts will have the coordinates origin to the left in a...
[Sorry for the delay in responding to this!] ... Bingo! Those are indeed the letters in question. I'm surprised I didn't see them as many times as I looked...
... Update: It's not a Stigma! The answer (for the curious) is at the bottom of the updated URL above, where I also question Unicode relegating Coptic to "just...
... The next version of Unicode will disunify Coptic and Greek, adding alfa, vida, gamma, dalda, eie, sou (Coptic stigma, used only as a number), zata, hate,...
... Wow, that's good to know. Thanks, John! Does anyone happen to know when we'll likely see Unicode 4.1? And do they, by the way, issue the "big book" on .1...
... Oops. I sent before I added the last bit, namely that 4.1 will apparently add Buginese, Glagolitic, Phags-pa, Syloti Nagri, Kharoshthi, and Old Persian...
... No. You use U+0305 COMBINING OVERLINE for that, not U+0304 COMBINING MACRON. -- Michael Everson * * Everson Typography * * http://www.evertype.com...
... That's font-dependent. The combining overline (as opposed to the macron) guarantees continuity with its neighbors, and is specified for use with ...
Dear Qalamites, I am trying to find out whether the following writing systems still in current use. Beside each script, in parentheses, is my current...
Marco Cimarosti
marco.cimarosti@...
Apr 2, 2004 10:48 am
2056
... Of course it's still used! Cherokee is one of the few Native American languages that may not be endangered, and Cherokee literacy is a proud attribute of...
... I do not doubt that the Cherokee Nation is literate: the point I am trying to determine is whether Cherokee literacy is (exclusively or mainly) expressed...
Marco Cimarosti
marco.cimarosti@...
Apr 2, 2004 1:06 pm
2058
... It was never used in liturgy. Two religious books and a number of scripture passages were published in it, largely as a means of encouraging its use, but...
... Yes ... Yes ... Yes ... Only specialists and enthusiasts ... It is still used. It is called Buginese. ... There is some specialist interest, but Latin is...
The two that i know about - - Tifinagh, to my understanding, is currently experiencing a revival in Morocco as a means of teaching cultural pride but before...
... I think you are confusing script and language. Ge'ez is the name of a classical Ethiopic language, now used exclusively for religious texts and ceremonies,...
Re Bopomofo and Pinyin: As I understand it Pinyin, either Hanyu or Tongyong, were intended for use by foreigners who can't read Chinese characters, ie for...
As far as I'm aware, bopomofo is still used for script annotations in Taiwan. For example, I have a set of cards for kids to learn the Han characters that...
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BOUALEM Malek FTRD/DM...
malek.boualem@...
Apr 7, 2004 2:04 pm
2066
This item concerning systems of transcription in Africa may be of interest. The issue of orthographies for African languages and standardization/harmonization...
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