Malayalam vowel sign AU (was Re: Representative glyphs for combining kannada sign)

From: James Kass (jameskass@worldnet.att.net)
Date: Wed Mar 29 2006 - 08:46:08 CST

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    Kenneth Whistler quoted from 5.0 draft and wrote,

    > 0D4C MALAYALAM VOWEL SIGN AU
    > * archaic form of the /au/ dependent vowel
    > x (malayalam au length mark - 0D57)
    >
    > 0D57 MALAYALAM AU LENGTH MARK
    > * used alone to write the /au/ dependent vowel in modern texts
    > x (malayalam vowel sign au - 0D4C)
    >
    > That names list has not yet finished QA to be pushed up
    > into the Unicode 5.0 beta directory, but will be soon.
    >
    > At that point, I hope we can quit flogging *this* particular
    > dead horse and move on to lengthy disquisitions on other
    > equally disturbing issues. ;-)

    The text is informative about the chart glyphs shown for the
    two characters but does not clearly state how the Malayalam
    vowel sign AU should be encoded in text. Do both reform and
    traditional Malayalam texts use U+0D4C? The descriptive text
    under U+0D57 suggests otherwise.

    Best regards,

    James Kass

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