On Monday 09 Apr 2012, Christian PERRIER wrote:
> Quoting sankarshan (foss.mailingli...@gmail.com):
> > I wouldn't know about whether you find this trivial or, not so
> > deeply important. From what I read, the discussion and debate is
> > about conflating two different codepoint sets (assuming that they
> > are possessing a 1:1 mapping) and, thereafter suggesting hacks
> > that are practically inconsistent with the way the Bengali
> > community would like this to be resolved (if this is indeed an
> > issue with the Bengali codepoint range). I would consider it of
> > utmost importance.
>
> Hmm, OK point taken. So, let's say things another way: as it seems
> this debate is not easy to have, it would be interesting for it to be
> summarized (yes, that requires a volunteer for that), which would
> probably help the debate to not fall in an argument ping-pong.
>From my completely lay point of view (I know neither Sanskrit, nor
Bangla, nor Assamese, nor Unicode), here is the issue:
The Bangla script is used for writing Bangla language. All the
characters needed for this are defined in the Unicode standard.
The Bangla script can also be used for writing other languages. One of
the languages that may be be written using this script is Sanskrit.
Unlike the Bangla language, all the characters needed for writing other
languages are not defined in the Unicode standard. Specifically, the
"pet-kata-Ba" ("Ba" with a line through its area) -- used to denote "Va"
-- which is needed for writing Sanskrit, is not available in the Unicode
Bangla character set.
There may exist other languages written using the Bangla script that
require characters not present in the current standard. Note that each
of these use cases is a niche one.
The OP had proposed using the "Ra" from Assamese script, which has the
same form as the "pet-kata-Ba" to write Sanskrit in Bangla script, which
is being opposed as a hack.
One set of posters on this thread is requesting precedent and
documentation for (in general) this use of the Bangla script and
specifically the use of this particular character when writing Sanskrit
using the Bangla script. Karunakar has just posted the images, we await
the references.
Corrections to my understanding appreciated. Withholding my own
comments on the matter until the picture is clearer.
Regards,
-- Raj
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