Thomas Chan writes: > There are a few scripts that are top-to-bottom, with no real and normal > alternative, such as the classical Mongolian script (top-to-bottom, > left-to-right), that a decision will have to be made over. (On the other > hand, in this particular example, Cyrillic could be substituted for > writing Mongolian, if the goal is just simple contemporary IT usage.)
Vertical Mongolian will have to be supported in the long run, because: - There are 2 million people speaking Mongolian in Mongolia, and 4 million people speaking Mongolian in China. - Both communities use vertical writing. - Cyrillic writing is only used for Mongolian in Mongolia. At school they learn both scripts. The important documents are in vertical writing, though. See also http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=MVF http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=KHK Bruno ________________________________________________________________ Keine verlorenen Lotto-Quittungen, keine vergessenen Gewinne mehr! Beim WEB.DE Lottoservice: http://tippen2.web.de/?x=13 -- Linux-UTF8: i18n of Linux on all levels Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-utf8/
