Re: [ilreq] When does the ABNF work for Tamil consonant clusters?

> the doubled consonant results in a phonetic change, but I don't see any reason why B should be preferred over A

Well, yes, that's exactly my point. :) The ilreq document currently suggests that only B is correct, and i'm asking whether that is true.

> is there a reason to not just follow/refer UAX#29 Unicode Text Segmentation?

UAX#29 currently doesn't produce E for Devanagari (which is what the ilreq doc requires). It produces something more like C. But UAX#29 is about to change, so that by default a whole consonant cluster will be seen as a unit (ie. E).  The effect of that upcoming change is not completely clear, however, for scripts like Tamil, or Devanagari when the virama is showing.  I'm looking for someone to provide expert advice for what would be expected in those situations.

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