- From: Jan Kučera via GitHub <sysbot+gh@w3.org>
- Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2019 16:15:55 +0000
- To: public-i18n-archive@w3.org
Interesting that in the first case, @r12a was happy to have the drop case span two rows, while in the second case, he chose one row drop only. I am happy with ஃ to be an initial drop on its own. You don't delete it when you backspace on ஃப and it has its own sort order. Most importantly, the implementer has to do nothing extra to get this rendering which is as good as the other one with no or little attestation. > Also note, it’s unclear if ஃ’s usage in classical Tamil texts (which seems to be only between two syllables) is considered to be depending on its preceding cluster (written syllable) or its following cluster. @lianghai Krishnamurti in his Dravidian Languages book (where he has it under semivowels by the way, with வ and ய), describes both these functions - prolonging previous vowel and changing the pronunciation of the following consonant. That would mean different line break opportunities, i.e. கா-ஃபீ but பஃ-து, and it would also explain words like சுஃஃறெனல். For the drop initial case though, the first function of interacting with preceding cluster is irrelevant. -- GitHub Notification of comment by miloush Please view or discuss this issue at https://github.com/w3c/iip/issues/59#issuecomment-569429479 using your GitHub account
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