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

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

> > > 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).

No. ksha, tra and jna are from Sanskrit. Some books about 
Kannada alphabet list tehm. But the authentic books don't list 
them. 
 
> > 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.

Agree.

-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