Re: Fwd: ABNF defintion of Indic syllable

Thanks Martin. Will look into it.
Regards,
Somnath 
 
On 06/24/14 01:54 PM, "Martin J. Dürst" <duerst@it.aoyama.ac.jp> wrote:
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> Hello Somnath,
> 
> On 2014/06/24 13:47, Somnath Chandra wrote:
> >Dear All,
> >
> >Pl find the revised definition of Indic Syllable as per the appended mail , which has been circulated on June 17, 2014. The definition is generic in nature to suit most of Indian Languages [11 languages tested]. Pl send your feedback  towards finalization.
> >
> >With regards,
> >Somnath
> >
> >-------- Original Message --------
> >From: Swaran Lata <slata@deity.gov.in>
> >Date: Jun 17, 2014 5:20:20 PM
> >Subject: ABNF defintion of Indic syllable
> >To: public-i18n-indic@w3.org
> >Cc: Somnath Chandra <schandra@mit.gov.in>, Manoj Jain <mjain@mit.gov.in>
> >
> >
> >Dear All,
> >
> >
> >The definition of Indic syllable has been revised as under :
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> >V[m] |{CH}C[v][m]|CH
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> >The Linguistic definition of Indic syllable has been mapped to ABNF(Augmented Backus–Naur Form) for the purpose of text segmentation, Line breaking , Drop letter, letter spacing in horizontal text and vertical text representation. The definition has been elaborated taking Hindi as an example.
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> >The definition is combination of 3 rules :
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> >Rule 1 : V[m]
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> >Rule 2 : {CH}C[v][m]
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> >Rule 3 : CH  (This rule is applicable only at the end of the word)
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> In European languages, as far as I know, a final consonant would be considered part of the preceding syllable, not a syllable on its own.
> As an example, "cat" would be considered as one syllable, not two syllables ("ca" and "t").
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> Would one really put a word-final consonant on a new line in Indic languages?
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> Just wondering.
> 
> Regards,   Martin.
> 
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> >V(Upper case) is complete vowel
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> >m is modifier(Anusvara/Visarga/Chandrabindu)
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> >C is Consonant as per Unicode definition which may or may not include nukta
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> >  v (lower case) is any dependent vowel or vowel sign (mātrā)
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> >H is halant / virama
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> >| is a rule seperator
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> >[ ] - The enclosed items is optional under this bracket
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> >{} - The enclosed item/items occurs once or repeated multiple times
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> >Examples:
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> >Rule 1 : V[m]
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> >Sl. No.
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> >Examples
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> >Definition
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> >1.
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> >अ, ई, उ
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> >V (Vowel) is a syllable
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> >2.
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> >अं, उँ, आः
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> >V+ Modifier is a syllable
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> >Rule 2 : {CH}C[v][m]
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> >Sl. No.
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> >Examples
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> >Definition
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> >1.
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> >र, क, ज, ल, म
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> >Consonant is a syllable
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> >2.
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> >प्प,क्ख,च्त, ज्ज्व, त्क्ल,त्स्न
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> >Zero or more Consonant + Virama sequences followed by consonant is a syllable
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> >3.
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> >र्त, र्त्स, र्त्स्न, र्त्स्न्य, फ़्क़
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> >Zero or more Consonant (Nukta) +Virama  followed by consonant is a syllable
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> >4.
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> >र्ता, र्त्स्न्या, फ़्जी, क्या
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> >Zero or more consonant+ (Nukta)+ virāma sequences followed by a consonant (+Nukta) followed by a vowel sign is a syllable
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> >5.
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> >तः,स्तं, स्त्रँ, स्तः, फ़्ज़ँ
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> >zero or more consonant+ (Nukta)+ virāma sequences followed by a consonant (+Nukta) followed by modifier is a syllable
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> >6.
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> >र्त्स्न्या: त्स्न्युं, त्स्न्युँ, फ़्ज़ें,हिं
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> >zero or more consonant+ (Nukta)+ virāma sequences followed by a consonant (+Nukta) followed by a vowel sign and modifier is a syllable
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> >7.
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> >स्थि,ज्जि,ख्वा
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> >Zero or more Consonant +halant sequences followed by a consonant followed by vowel sign is a syllable
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> >Rule 3 : CH
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> >त् , व् , म् , भ् etc are syllable in Hindi only at the end of the word
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> >Examples of combination of the rules :
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> >1.   स्वागतम् -  CHCv + C + C + CH has following syllables :
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> >स्वा
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> >CHCv
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> >ग
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> >C
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> >त
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> >C
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> >म्
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> >CH
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> >2. भरतनाट्यम- C + C + C + Cv + CHC + C
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> >भ
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> >C
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> >र
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> >C
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> >त
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> >C
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> >ना
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> >Cv
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> >ट्य
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> >CHC
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> >म
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> >C
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> >3. सद्बुद्धि - C + CHCv + CHCv
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> >स
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> >C
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> >द्बु
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> >CHCv
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> >द्धि
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> >CHCv
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> >The proposed definition is generic in nature and has already being tested for 11 Indian languages i.e Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Nepali, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Gujarati, Punjabi, Oriya  & Malayalam. The new rule for CH(Consonant+ Halant) occurrence at the end of the word has been introduced. The link of the test suite is available at http://w3cindia.in/syllable-generator.aspx.The testing of the remaining languages is underway.
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> >             I request you to kindly give your valuable feedback.
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> >regards,
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> 
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Dr. Somnath Chandra
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Dept. of Electronics & Information Technology
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