On 27 October 2011 16:52, Shrisha Rao <[email protected]> wrote: > Being able to use UTF-8 codings in such scripts to produce outputs in other > scripts would require n × n mappings, as against 1 × n if the input is only > in ITRANS. >
Actually, 1×n is all that is required, as long as the mappings are bijectional, but this requires two passes. Firstly to convert to ITRANS, then secondly to the desired script. I can identify one instance where the mapping is not bijectional, as ব in Bengali stands for both ब and व in Devanagari, and this has already been mentioned here, I believe, but even so, a set of n×n mappings doesn't help this situation. Andrew
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