Re: Final letters in Hebrew and Arabic

2001-03-13 Thread Gregg Reynolds
Nick NICHOLAS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > couple of questions on the final forms of letters in Hebrew and Arabic, > just for the sake of comparison. > > (1) When a letter with a final variant appears alone --- say as a numeral, > or in discussion of the letter or phoneme --- does it under any

RE: Final letters in Hebrew and Arabic

2001-03-12 Thread Jonathan Rosenne
de List > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Final letters in Hebrew and Arabic > > > James Agenbroad recently said: > > > On Sat, 10 Mar 2001, Jonathan Rosenne wrote: > > > > > Regarding Hebrew: > > > > > > > -Original Message- >

RE: Final letters in Hebrew and Arabic

2001-03-12 Thread Timothy Partridge
James Agenbroad recently said: > On Sat, 10 Mar 2001, Jonathan Rosenne wrote: > > > Regarding Hebrew: > > > > > -Original Message- > > > From: Nick NICHOLAS [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 10:12 PM > > > To: Unicode List > > > Cc: Nick NICHOLAS > > > Subject

RE: Final letters in Hebrew and Arabic

2001-03-12 Thread James E. Agenbroad
On Sat, 10 Mar 2001, Jonathan Rosenne wrote: > Regarding Hebrew: > > > -Original Message- > > From: Nick NICHOLAS [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 10:12 PM > > To: Unicode List > > Cc: Nick NICHOLAS > > Subject: Final letters in Hebrew and Arabic > > > (1) When

RE: Final letters in Hebrew and Arabic

2001-03-10 Thread Jonathan Rosenne
Regarding Hebrew: > -Original Message- > From: Nick NICHOLAS [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 10:12 PM > To: Unicode List > Cc: Nick NICHOLAS > Subject: Final letters in Hebrew and Arabic > > > > Many thanks to all who responded on the Albanian alphabet. No script

Re: Final letters in Hebrew and Arabic

2001-03-09 Thread Jeff Guevin
Arabic letters, when alone, always appear in form 1 -- the form designed for just such a use. There is one medial form--for letters on both sides--and two other forms, one for when the letter is attached from the right, and one attached from the left. Arabic short vowels (which are like diacriti

Re: Final letters in Hebrew and Arabic

2001-03-09 Thread Roozbeh Pournader
On Fri, 9 Mar 2001, Nick NICHOLAS wrote: > (1) When a letter with a final variant appears alone --- say as a numeral, > or in discussion of the letter or phoneme --- does it under any > circumstances appear in its final form, or is it always medial? > > (2) Do diacritics --- vowel points, can