Re: Missing Arabic and Syriac characters in Unicode

From: Miikka-Markus Alhonen (Miikka-Markus.Alhonen@tigatieto.com)
Date: Sat Sep 29 2001 - 16:58:02 EDT


On 28-Sep-01 Roozbeh Pournader wrote:
> This includes 'Subscript Alef' and 'Turned Damma' (Ulta Pesh), used in
> Iran and Pakistan;

I think these are also used in Arab countries, because even my Arabic teacher
who's from Syria referred to this "ulta pesh" as a "Koranic sign".

> alternate double marks (Fathatan, Kasratan, Dammatan)
> and some other marks which are used in official Korans of the Islamic
> countries scribed by Osman Taha; and finally the smaller variants of
> Fatha, Kasra, and Damma introduced by the Iranian government in the
> Islamic Republic's official Koran, to help the reader pronounce 'Alef
> Wasla's when they are starting a sentence.

I guess you won't have the regular wasla as a non-spacing diacritic in your
proposal, because it's used only with alif in Korans, right? So I can make my
own proposals about it, Arabic calligraphic ornaments (I'm not so sure about
this one) and Syriac Edessan vowels and leave the rest to you. OK?

Best regards!

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E-Mail: Miikka-Markus Alhonen <Miikka-Markus.Alhonen@tigatieto.com>
Date: 29-Sep-01
Time: 23:50:48

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