Gregg Reynolds wrote: >>> following formula, that I hope this community will endorse: >>> >>> tanween = <vowel> <vowel> + [optional] <modifier> >>> >>> <vowel>= fatha / dhamma / kasra >>> <modifier>= tamweem / sequentializer >>> >>> >>> For backward compatibility, >>> >>> <vowel> <vowel> = fathatan / dhammatan / kasratan >>> >> Hmm. In my opinion, it would be both more useful and more accurate >> historically to simply have a couple of TANWEEN codepoints. If I'm >> not mistaken, tanween was originally marked using a small nuun and >> later evolved into the doubled vowel mark.
Historically speaking, I do not agree. I have never seen a trace of a small nuun. They earlies markers were horizontally repeated coloured vowel dots (see: Yasin Dutton). Linguistically speaking I agree that the basic i`raab can be followed by one of three modulations like you indicate below. >> For example, using latin-1: >> >> TANWEEN = ñ >> TANWEEN IDGHAM = Ñ >> TAMWEEM = % >> >> Examples (x = kha, ç = sheen, ² = shadda): >> >> kitaabuñ >> xuçubuÑ m²usan²ada#uÑ >> min% [EMAIL PROTECTED] BTW, I designed a computer-aided, reversible transcription system (with fall-back transliteration) which you can download for evaluation from Basis Technology: http://www.basistech.com/arabic-editor/) In that transcription your first sample reads as follows: kitaabu-n (DMG: kitābu-n) The qur'anic assimilation of second one is not yet supported, but it will read like this: khushubu- m:usannadätu-n (DMG: ḫušubu- m:usannadätu-n) As you can see, initial compensatory shaddä is treated differently from morphological shaddä. >> Now search and sort works much better, and the rendering isn't all >> that hairy. Edit logic should also be simpler. >> >> I wouldn't advise equating pairs of vowel marks with tanween marks at >> the level of encoding design. What's the objection? It would be just as transparent as you solution. Anyway, I like your approach. If it is to find any acceptance, there needs to be canonical equivalence with legacy encoding accoding to this formula: TANWEEN = <vowel><small noon> = conventional tanween TAMWEEM = <vowel><small meem> IDGHAM = <vowel><idgham code> Note that this is different - and better - than Meor's and my earlier suggestion to retain full tanween followed by a modulation mark. t _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://lists.arabeyes.org/mailman/listinfo/general
