...Agreed that the Samaritan shin is urgent for this reason.
Now, that said, I am very keen to have the Samaritan shin encoded, because this is used as a mark in the apparatus critici of the BHS and possibly other Bible editions (in BHS it used in citations of Pentateuchi textus Hebraeo-Samaritanus secundum). I'd be perfectly happy to see it encoded as a Letterlike Symbol, since it is being used as a symbol and not as a Samaritan letter.
Agreed that the Samaritan script should be encoded separately, not least because it has a modern user community.
It should be possible to prepare quite quickly a proposal for the whole Samaritan consonantal alphabet, and for the vowel points as well with help from Elaine. We can make contact with the Samaritan community through http://www.the-samaritans.com/forum/display_forum.asp or [EMAIL PROTECTED] and bring them into the process.
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