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Re: [Ietf-languages] Suggestion to update Urdu Script Designation in the subtag registry

Richard Wordingham <richard.wordingham@ntlworld.com> Thu, 13 August 2020 19:29 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Ietf-languages] Suggestion to update Urdu Script Designation in the subtag registry
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On Thu, 13 Aug 2020 16:29:33 +0000
Peter Constable <pgcon6@msn.com> wrote:

> But aside from
> characterizing font resources, it’s not clear to me where is it would
> be beneficial to use ‘Aran’, either in a language tag or some other
> context.

That rather raises the question of why Aran is registered in BCP 47!

However, I think Aran makes sense in catalogues, though my reasoning is
based on the apparently analogous situation of Latn, Latf and Latg, but
where Latn is not used if Latf or Latg were appropriate.  If various
versions of rendered text, e.g. scanned in text, were available, for
reading I would choose Latn because I read that faster than Latf or
Latg.  (This breaks down if the 'Latn' object uses Carolingian
minuscule!)

Of course, this is not a text processing use.

Richard.

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