> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Michael Everson
> I think the TDIL chart is wrong. It seems reasonable that one should need extra persuasion to take the word of an American living in Ireland over Indians. (Sorry.) > Traditionally (as in Learn Oriya in 30 Days) subjoined BA is used in > this context although the reading rules say to pronounce it [w]. So, you're saying that all of these should be encoded as C + virama + BA? > Now an original ligature of O and BA has been pressed into service I've seen elsewhere that you've described this as a ligature involving O, but are you sure it's that? Note that the same shape is used for NYA and NNA (e.g. conjuncts for NN.NNA and SS.NNA). > The traditional BA should be used for that unless we have better > evidence than the TDIL newsletter that such should be the practice. I could be convinced of that; but if people in India aren't convinced of that, the boat may not float. Peter Constable
