Re: Q&A - Which languages are written right-to-left (RTL)?

At 18:07 03/08/08 -0400, Tex Texin wrote:

>Phil, I added the countries.
>Yes we might need to change the title or break it up. It now answers (at
>least) two questions-
>I added a point (suggested to me by someone else) about the political and
>cultural overtones of choosing a script, and we might want to separate out
>"Which script(s) to use" from the "Which languages are rtl?"

Yes, I think this is an excellent suggestion. Having too much
material in one question, or actually more than one question in
one question, will be confusing.

Regards,   Martin.



>and perhaps have
>a "What's my direction?" ;-) question that the table replies to.
>
>Updates are at: http://www.i18nguy.com/temp/rtl.html
>
>
>"Arko, Phil" wrote:
> >
> > This will be a very useful resource with the addition of all the popular
> > left-to-right languages and their formats. I wonder if the right-to-left
> > specific title could be changed to more accurately describe this resource?
> > Or should this be a separate resource area to which this Q&A can link?
> >
> > Notably missing are Austria, Belgium, and Switzerland, all of which are
> > important locales for websites so I would think they would meet the 
> criteria
> > for "commonly requested languages." The latter two countries have multiple
> > official languages, which I think is always an important point to stress.
> >
> > Phil
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > http://www.i18nguy.com/temp/rtl.html
>
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