On 03/31/2002 12:48:31 AM "Doug Ewell" wrote:
>I think it's safe to assume that all alphabetic, certainly all Latin, >characters that *could* have both a capital and a small form *need* to >have both, because of the possible use in titles. Your research into >Komi Cyrillic and Lakota long-N proved that. > >The obvious exception would be IPA characters -- but even then, as soon >as an IPA letter migrates to an accepted orthography in, say, Africa, it >needs an uppercase form. I understand that Dogrib (IIRC) uses capital/small distinctin for the glottal stop! - Peter --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Constable Non-Roman Script Initiative, SIL International 7500 W. Camp Wisdom Rd., Dallas, TX 75236, USA Tel: +1 972 708 7485 E-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
