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

[Krishnamurthy N. <kn...@ya...>]

--- "Dr. U.B. Pavanaja" <pav...@vi...>
wrote:

>  
> > Consonant list - 'ksha', 'tra' and 'Gna' are
> missing
> > (actually I prefer the Roman phonetic equivalent
> > 'thra' instead of 'tra').
> 
> They are actually combinations. You can get their
> independent 
> display forms by using the GSUB rule of opentype
> font (the 
> lookup Akhand).

Well, one may 'combine' glyphs to create 'ksha' but it
stands on its own as a consonant (it has its own
'gunintha' in Kannada and Telugu and Hindi) and its
pronunciation can't be systhesised from say 'ka' and
'sha'. So, it has to be a separate consonant. For
historical reasons, one should include all the letters
of the script (so, better to include thra and Gna).


> 
> "matras" actually refer to "vowel signs" and not
> "half-consonants".

ok.

> 
> In general, better to look at Unicode chart and see
> whether all of them  are covered.

Instead, it's better to refer to standard text books
on the scripts/languages in question.

Nagarajan


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