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Re: [Ietf-languages] Between language and script in Burmese

Richard Wordingham <richard.wordingham@ntlworld.com> Thu, 18 November 2021 19:47 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Ietf-languages] Between language and script in Burmese
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On Thu, 18 Nov 2021 09:05:11 +0700
Martin Hosken <martin_hosken@sil.org> wrote:

> > I think we are going to need variant subtags to denote orthographic 
> > forms of the Myanmar script preferred by the Shan, Khamti and Mon 
> > communities. Advice on how to get these variants registered would
> > be appreciated!  
> 
> Yes. I'm not sure why there is a need to register all these Pali
> orthographies (since a change in underlying orthography is a
> different orthography for the language concerned). What's wrong with
> simply tagging it shn? Is there a need to distinguish pi in this way.

I suppose you'll point to the low demand for Latin spell-checkers, but
while plain text seems to be handled well, there are some stereotypical
character-selection differences between Mon and Burmese Pali, and Shan
Palis have a very striking spelling difference, and differ amongst
themselves.  I have strong doubts abut the stabilities of the Shan Pali
orthographies.

On the other hand, I don't think we need any special typographical
support for Mon pi-Mymr.  Text-to-speech would be massively
different.  (There are a few recordings on English Wiktionary.)

Richard.

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