Re: [minutes] Arabic layout telecon 2016-01-19

On 2016/01/31 22:12, ishida@w3.org wrote:
> https://www.w3.org/2016/01/26-alreq-minutes.html

>     Najib: Should we add a column to distinguish the letters
>     written in Persian and Arabic.
>
>     Behnam: Unicode is encoding many characters under "ARABIC
>     LETTER".
>     ... We need to document which are being used.
>     ... By Unicode categorization, all are Arabic letters.
>
>     Najib: Line 56, 51, or others. Should we keep the letters as
>     they are?
>     ... Discussion was to add a new column.

Please just use the terms from Unicode: a letter with "ARABIC LETTER" in 
its name essentially means a letter of the Arabic *script*. What you are 
interested in are the letters used for writing the Arabic *language* (or 
the Persian language, or some other language).

Regards,   Martin.

Received on Monday, 1 February 2016 01:25:18 UTC