tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5333855.post9126196828491838996..comments2023-10-10T20:22:20.877+05:30Comments on if it were...: Unicode: Chillu: why not encode a diacritic tailCibu C J (സിബു)http://www.blogger.com/profile/12868915075069018857noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5333855.post-17979591464831828242007-01-25T15:24:00.000+05:302007-01-25T15:24:00.000+05:30Ganesan's proposal of Chillu Sign can be extended ...Ganesan's proposal of Chillu Sign can be extended to support this diacritic tail encoding.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5333855.post-22715484062643275382007-02-06T23:46:00.000+05:302007-02-06T23:46:00.000+05:30Chandrakkala when used for vowellessness, is actin...Chandrakkala when used for vowellessness, is acting as a language specific control character. It removes the default 'അ' from the consonant behind it. That is, it is acting as an attribute remover.<br /><br />It is the property of any vowelless consonant to get help from the consonant next to it as if that is a vowel and thus creating a conjunct. In /n_n/, this specific property is prevented. That is how alveolar n and dental n can stay close without conjunct forming transformations. How are we denoting the removal of this conjunct creation property? Are we using any specific symbols to indicate this? In fact, yes. It is a vertical tail across the letter<br /><br />Please translate this to Malayalam and publish it.Or make a limited edition Malayalam edition and circulate it where langauage and linguistics are taughtAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5333855.post-10703134332975393512007-02-07T19:49:00.000+05:302007-02-07T19:49:00.000+05:30Just a minor point: there is already a non-specifi...Just a minor point: there is already a non-specific (that is, <B>not</B> specific to Malayalam) symbol which does exactly that: it is the sequence <VIRAMA, ZWJ><br /><br />:-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com