Re: proposed question: which languages are RTL?

At 20:36 03/07/10 -0400, Tex Texin wrote:

>2)I think the point I made  in the background section about multiple scripts
>with Yiddish, is sufficient for this Q. (Let me know if you think not.) But
>"Can a language be written in more than one script?" would make a good
>additional Q and the answer can list some of the more common languages that
>have multiple scripts, along with the implications for web development of
>perhaps having to support multiple scripts for a single language, or choosing
>the right script. It should also be noted that the "preferred" script changes
>from time to time.

I think Yiddish is a good example, but it wouldn't hurt to have one
or two more examples. That will help to: 1) Get somewhat of a balance
with Hebrew and Arabic. 2) show that this is more comment than one
might think 3) show that that can happen in different ways (e.g.
in the Yiddish case, Hebrew seems to be the main script, with Latin
as an alternative, and without much chance over time). In the
case of Aserbaijanian, it's different in that there have been
strong changes over time, and now it's mainly an issue of which
country you are in. Not that we have to explain all this, but
it may help readers to remember or discover this diversity.


Regards,     Martin.

Received on Friday, 11 July 2003 14:39:44 UTC