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

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

--- Jyotirmoy Saikia <jyo...@ya...>
wrote:

> Ksha, Tra, Gna's are not consonants. These are
> conjuncts, consisting of two (or more) consonants
> with a HALANT in between.

Tra is a conjunct, Gna is probably a conjunct but Ksha
is not. Yes, I do know how consonants are combined in
Indian languages (having been familiar with Hindi and
three south Indian languages). You could download my
translib from sourceforge CVS tree (indic-computing
project) and check out whether my understanding is
correct or not.

The point is, Ksha, Tra (or thra) and Gna have been
histtorically included as distinct consonants in the
script. It's worth documenting that fact in the
handbook.

Nagarajan


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