Re: [Indic-computing-users] Punjabi vs Panjabi debate.
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From: Dr. U.B. P. <pav...@vi...> - 2003-09-13 05:04:58
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What about Bengali and Bangla debate? Is there any such debate? Unicode specifies it as Bengali. Actually it should be Bangla, I feel. -Pavanaja > Hi all, > Offlate a debate has been going on in Gnome l10n circles as to how > 'Punjabi' is to be written. Gnome has policy to follow ISO language > codes, where language code is 'pa' ,written as 'Panjabi' for Punjabi. > Other projects like KDE, SF.net, .. also follow same policy. > > List of language codes is at > http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/englangn.html > > Right now Punjabi is not well supported, but when it does have > support (locale, font, input methods) , this point will be constantly > raised by users. > It would be interesting to note that usage of 'Panjabi' is restricted > to compliance of ISO 639 codes or by those who are not aware of the > language name and come to know of it from ISO standards. > > Some threads from Gnome-i18n > http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-i18n/2003-February/msg00155.html > http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-i18n/2003-February/msg00156.html > > Its important that someone takes, this up with respective Punjabi > language bodies, Govt of Punjab, TDIL/ MIT GOI to persue the matter > with ISO to get the change done. > I hope native speakers take this up (& I will keep making noises till > someone takes it up :), since later on when language is better > supported, it could grow into bigger debate. > > Regards, > Karunakar > > -- > A Reasonable man adapts himself to the world > An Unreasonable man tries to adapt the world to himself > So all progress in the world depends on the Unreasonable man - GB Shaw > > --------------------------- > * Indian Linux project * > * http://www.indlinux.org * > --------------------------- > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > _______________________________________________ > Indic-computing-users mailing list http://indic-computing.sourceforge.net/ > Ind...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/indic-computing-users > [Other Indic-Computing mailing lists: -devel, -standards, -announce] > > ----------------------------------------------------- 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 |