Re: Comments in Indic Layout Requirements

On 08/12/2014, Somnath Chandra <schandra@deity.gov.in> wrote:
> Hello Norbert,
>
>
> Thanks for your valuable feedback. We are in process of updating the
> document and it is being sent to Richard for uploading.
>
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> Our feedback on your specific observations are as follows:

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> – It might be desirable to include a few other Brahmi-derived writing
> systemsthat are used in countries near India, such as Sinhalese, Nepalese,
> andTibetan, since chances of them getting their own requirements document
> arepretty slim. South-east Asian scripts may eventually get covered by their
> ownrequirements document.
>
> Indiclayout doc at present will only cover Scheduled Indian Languages
> Indianlanguages (22) and other Brahmi derived languages will might be
> covered byother task forces like Tibetan Will covered by Chinese layout TF
> as discussedin the Internationalization teleconference.
>

Hi Somnath

I'm not sure why Tibetan script should be covered by the Chinese
layout TF - as the "Tibetan" script is totally unrelated to the
Chinese writing system and the layout requirements are completely
different. Tibetan script is not only used for Tibetan language but
for Dzongkha the national language of Bhutan and several other
Bhutanese languages, Sherpa and a number of other languages used in
northern Nepal, languages used in Arunachel Pradesh, Sikkim
(Drejongkha), HP (Lahoul and Spiti) and Ladakh in J&K

What was the reasoning behind getting Tibetan layout handled by the
Chinese layout TF?


Christopher Fynn
Dzongkha Development Commission
Thimphu, Bhutan

Received on Tuesday, 9 December 2014 04:42:14 UTC