Re: [Indic-computing-devel] [review-request] Indic computing handbook: devanagari

[Dr. U.B. P. <pav...@vi...>]

> > Devanagari uses decimal digits viz 0 thru 9
> 
> I thought the "hindi" numerals had a different shape from
> the "Roman" 0..9 ?

Yes. Devanagari has its own numerals. They are given place in 
Unicode chart.
 
>> [Add sound file for pronunciation]
> 
> I initially thought about adding IPA symbols (international
> phonetic alphabet) against each indic character displayed in
> the handbook.  However, on reflection, I came to the conclusion
> that this would be (a) misleading: because pronounciation 
> varies widely even among 'native' speakers and (b) also probably
> unnecessary -- the way humans pronounce a given word or 
> character is not relevant to a computer handling text.

I also agree with this.

-Pavanaja
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Dr. U.B. Pavanaja
Editor, Vishva Kannada
World's first Internet magazine in Kannada
http://www.vishvakannada.com/

Note: I don't worry about pselling mixtakes