Re: Tamil number system

From: Michael Everson ([email protected])
Date: Thu May 25 2000 - 07:14:29 EDT


Ar 21:55 -0800 2000-05-24, scr�obh Padma kumar .R:

> For this UNICODE for Thamizh must have to reserve the U+0BE6 for the
>zero. Since traditional Thamizh numeral is missing the ZERO sign, Arabic
>numeral '0' is used, and it is also accepted by Thamizh scholars. Now in
>UNICODE U+0BE6 is left blank.

Is this TAMIL ZERO found in Tamil fonts alongside DIGIT ZERO? Maybe it
would be prudent to fill in the blank.

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