Jungshik Shin wrote:
> It might have been better in the long term (to
> cope with changes in Korean) to have only "primary" Jamos(elemental, or
> whatever) with more complicated mapping between pre-composed syllables
> and jamo sequences. There are only 28 of them (14 modern consonants, 3
> medivial cons., 10 mdoern vowels, 1 medivial vowels) out of which
> complex vowels and consonants(and any syllables) can be composed.
This can be done; indeed, the complex jamo specify their decomposition,
so there is nothing wrong with using fully decomposed jamo. However,
it really is necessary to distinguish between initial and final
consonants, unless you are committed to using a final consonant
filler character in every syllable without a final, which seems
obnoxious indeed.
The current Unicode character data file says there are 23 irreducible
initial consonants plus a filler, 11 irreducible vowels plus a
filler, and 17 irreducible final consonants (no filler required).
I have copied the list here. Are there some missing decompositions?
1100 HANGUL CHOSEONG KIYEOK
1102 HANGUL CHOSEONG NIEUN
1103 HANGUL CHOSEONG TIKEUT
1105 HANGUL CHOSEONG RIEUL
1106 HANGUL CHOSEONG MIEUM
1107 HANGUL CHOSEONG PIEUP
1109 HANGUL CHOSEONG SIOS
110B HANGUL CHOSEONG IEUNG
110C HANGUL CHOSEONG CIEUC
110E HANGUL CHOSEONG CHIEUCH
110F HANGUL CHOSEONG KHIEUKH
1110 HANGUL CHOSEONG THIEUTH
1111 HANGUL CHOSEONG PHIEUPH
1112 HANGUL CHOSEONG HIEUH;
113C HANGUL CHOSEONG CHITUEUMSIOS
113E HANGUL CHOSEONG CEONGCHIEUMSIOS
1140 HANGUL CHOSEONG PANSIOS
114C HANGUL CHOSEONG YESIEUNG
114E HANGUL CHOSEONG CHITUEUMCIEUC
1150 HANGUL CHOSEONG CEONGCHIEUMCIEUC
1154 HANGUL CHOSEONG CHITUEUMCHIEUCH
1155 HANGUL CHOSEONG CEONGCHIEUMCHIEUCH
1159 HANGUL CHOSEONG YEORINHIEUH
115F HANGUL CHOSEONG FILLER
1160 HANGUL JUNGSEONG FILLER
1161 HANGUL JUNGSEONG A
1163 HANGUL JUNGSEONG YA
1165 HANGUL JUNGSEONG EO
1167 HANGUL JUNGSEONG YEO
1169 HANGUL JUNGSEONG O
116D HANGUL JUNGSEONG YO
116E HANGUL JUNGSEONG U
1172 HANGUL JUNGSEONG YU
1173 HANGUL JUNGSEONG EU
1175 HANGUL JUNGSEONG I
119E HANGUL JUNGSEONG ARAEA
11A8 HANGUL JONGSEONG KIYEOK
11AB HANGUL JONGSEONG NIEUN
11AE HANGUL JONGSEONG TIKEUT
11AF HANGUL JONGSEONG RIEUL
11B7 HANGUL JONGSEONG MIEUM
11B8 HANGUL JONGSEONG PIEUP
11BA HANGUL JONGSEONG SIOS
11BC HANGUL JONGSEONG IEUNG
11BD HANGUL JONGSEONG CIEUC
11BE HANGUL JONGSEONG CHIEUCH
11BF HANGUL JONGSEONG KHIEUKH
11C0 HANGUL JONGSEONG THIEUTH
11C1 HANGUL JONGSEONG PHIEUPH
11C2 HANGUL JONGSEONG HIEUH
11EB HANGUL JONGSEONG PANSIOS
11F0 HANGUL JONGSEONG YESIEUNG
11F9 HANGUL JONGSEONG YEORINHIEUH
-- John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan@ccil.org You tollerday donsk? N. You tolkatiff scowegian? Nn. You spigotty anglease? Nnn. You phonio saxo? Nnnn. Clear all so! 'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)
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