>From: Roozbeh Pournader To: Abi Lover CC: The FarsiWeb Mailing List
>Subject: Re: [farsiweb](no subject) Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 15:50:55 +0430
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>On Mon, 20 May 2002, Abi Lover wrote:
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> > I have just read the text of the final draft of this standard, and the >
>only thing that I disagree with is the omission of the "heh" with >
>"hamzeh" above from the standard. This shape is used quite a lot in >
>Farsi, and I can't understand the reason for its omission. This letter >
>form is not any different from "vav" with "hamzeh" above, or "alef" with >
>"hamzeh" above, and I can't understand why these glyphs should be >
>allowed, but "heh" with "hamzeh" above should be disallowed, especially >
>since a Unicode number (06C0) has also been designated for it. It is not >
>correct to say that this letter form only applies to Arabic or Urdu. It >
>is used as much in Farsi as in other languages.
>
>You are completely right that the shape is used in Persian. Apart from what
>Mr Khanban said, there is another reason: U+06C0 is exactly equivalent to
>(or in Unicode terms, cannonically decomposes to) >U+0654>, which is , but
>not to . We cannot let the applications use both forms or , when Unicode
>does not consider them equivalent. In the case of WAW WITH HAMZA ABOVE, it
>is exactly equivalent to , so we allow both forms.
>
>roozbeh
Thank you Roozpeh for your interesting explanation. I will have to think
about that! There is also another letter form that I think should be added
to the Farsi alphabet: that is a <DANDANEH> with a <HAMZEH ABOVE>. The
Arabic letter <YEH> with a <HAMZEH ABOVE> is not used in Farsi. But <A
DANDANEH WITH HAMZEH ABOVE> is used. This is peculiar to Farsi. It does not
have a final or middle form, but it does have an initial and a middle form.
It is a complete item of the Farsi sound and alphabet, and it should be
identified as an independent character by itself. I don't know if Unicode
recognises this or not. If it does not, then it should be recommended for
recognition, and it should be implemented in the Farsi standard.
Abi
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