South African languages character repertoires, keyboards and sorting

From: Alain LaBonté  (alb@sct.gouv.qc.ca)
Date: Thu Jun 01 2000 - 10:02:55 EDT


I have to answer the following question from a colleague:

>2- Are all these languages covered by ISO/IEC [9995-3] (Keyboard layouts for
>text and office systems) ?

[Alain] In order to answer, I need to have a list of characters implied by
the following first question (accompanied by a corollary question):

>There are eleven official languages in South Africa at the national level:
>Afrikaans, English, isiNdebele, Sesotho sa Leboa, Sesotho, siSwati,
>Xitsonga, Setswana, Tshivenda, isiXhosa and isiZulu.
>
>
>1- Are all these languages covered by ISO/IEC 10646 (Universal
>Multiple-Octet Coded Character Set - UCS)?
>If not, what should SA have to do in regards that all these languages be
>covered by ISO/IEC 10646?

[Alain] Does somebody have this information?

Alain LaBonté
Québec

PS: There is an extra question, but it will be easier to answer if I get
the answer to the preceding one:

>3- Are all these languages covered by ISO/IEC [14651] (International string
>ordering)?
>If not, what should SA have to do in regards that all these languages be
>covered by ISO/IEC [14651]?



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