Re: [charmod-norm] Does ZWJ/ZWNJ affect meaning?

> make the work ineligible like "بهرهوری" (nonsense)
> 
> ... mean that the text literally makes no sense without ZWNJ?

Yes.  It will be pronounced completely differently, and makes no 
sense.

> is this correct, ie. that the presence of ZWJ or ZWNJ can actually 
change the meaning of the text. If so, do we have an example?

Totally. For example, removing the ZWNJ in all of the following (and 
countless other Persian words) will make them illegible:
خانه‌ها
خامنه‌ای

> ...although their usual use is to control ligature formation— either
 preventing the formation of undesirable ligatures or encouraging the 
formation for desirable ones."

I'd go as far as suggesting that their ligature control function is 
rather unused and discouraged.  Their main function in Unicode, these 
days, is to control shaping for Arabic-like and Indic-like scripts.

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