- From: Patrick Hall <pathall@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 12:32:21 -0500
- To: "Brian Cassidy" <brian.cassidy@gmail.com>
- Cc: www-international@w3.org
Hello Brian, I'm not familiar with Tlicho (also referred to as Tłįchǫ Yatiì or Dogrib) specifically, but here are a few comments to add to those above: Please make sure to use the *correct* glottal stop for Tlicho. Ɂ 0241 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER GLOTTAL STOP ← this ɂ 0242 LATIN SMALL LETTER GLOTTAL STOP ← and this ʔ 0294 LATIN LETTER GLOTTAL STOP ← not this! For more on the use of the Glottal Stop in Unicode see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glottal_stop_(letter)#Computer_encoding http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n2962.pdf The latter makes specific reference to Dogrib. You can see some samples of Tlicho text and discussion of the standardization of the orthography in: 2002 Keren Rice and Leslie Saxon, "Issues of standardization and community in aboriginal language lexicography." In Making Dictionaries: Preserving Indigenous Languages of the Americas, ed. by William Frawley, Kenneth C. Hill, and Pamela Munro. University of California Press, pp. 125-154. Which can be viewed online at Google books: http://preview.tinyurl.com/9osau3 As far as input is concerned, as Addison and John pointed out, your options are best compared in light of what you know about your users. But how feasible it will be for users to install keyboard layouts is another question. You might also consider additionally adding support for Javascript to input non-ASCII characters, several Wikipedias have done this successfully. Finally, I would point out that what you see at http://www.tlicho.ca is not Unicode. If you need further information or pointers, I'd recommend contacting Bill Poser (http://billposer.org). -- Patrick Hall http://blogamundo.net/dev
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