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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear GP members,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">It is very important that every member of the Latin Generation Panel read and act t to our call..
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Regards Mirjana Tasic<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0cm"><span lang="SR-LATN-RS" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="SR-LATN-RS" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:0cm">
<span style="font-size:26.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Call for help: Native speakers of Latin script-based languages</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The Latin Generation Panel (LGP) is looking for individuals with good knowledge in languages written in Latin script, to help identify cases where the same
letter could be written in two or more forms in printed text in any given language.
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#434343;font-weight:normal">Example</span><o:p></o:p></h3>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Language</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">:
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Marshallese </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Reference</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"></span><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshallese_language#Display_issues"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshallese_language#Display_issues</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Evidence</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/mm5rn8upi57ecwz/Marshallese%20language%20-%20Wikipedia.pdf?dl=0"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">https://www.dropbox.com/s/mm5rn8upi57ecwz/Marshallese%20language%20-%20Wikipedia.pdf?dl=0</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Wikipedia says (somewhat updated):</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">In the most polished printed text, the letters Ļ ļ M̧ m̧ Ņ ņ O̧ o̧ always appear with cedillas directly beneath, and the letters Ā ā N̄ n̄ Ō ō Ū ū always appear with macrons directly above. Regardless,
the diacritics are often replaced by ad hoc spellings using more common or more easily displayable characters. In particular, the Marshallese-English Online Dictionary (MOD) uses the following characters:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
Standard<span class="apple-tab-span"> </span> <span class="apple-tab-span">
</span> MOD<br>
</span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Ļ<span class="apple-tab-span">
</span>M̧<span class="apple-tab-span"> </span>Ņ<span class="apple-tab-span">
</span>N̄<span class="apple-tab-span"> </span>O̧<span class="apple-tab-span">
</span>Ḷ<span class="apple-tab-span"> </span>Ṃ<span class="apple-tab-span">
</span>Ṇ<span class="apple-tab-span"> </span>Ñ<span class="apple-tab-span">
</span>Ọ<br>
ļ<span class="apple-tab-span"> </span>m̧<span class="apple-tab-span"> </span>
ņ<span class="apple-tab-span"> </span>n̄<span class="apple-tab-span"> </span>
o̧<span class="apple-tab-span"> </span>ḷ<span class="apple-tab-span"> </span>
ṃ<span class="apple-tab-span"> </span>ṇ<span class="apple-tab-span"> </span>
ñ<span class="apple-tab-span"> </span>ọ<br>
<br>
<br>
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">This means that versions of letters with diacritics (cedilla and dot below) are used interchangeably in this example:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ļ = ḷ</span><o:p></o:p></li><li style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">m̧ = ṃ</span><o:p></o:p></li><li style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ņ = ṇ</span><o:p></o:p></li><li style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">o̧ = ọ</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Printed versions of the dictionary do not use letters with dots below. MOD uses letters with dots below because characters with cedilla have
no precomposed form, and sometimes these characters are not displayed correctly.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">If you have examples in your language (i.e. two or more letters are used interchangeably in every day writing) please write to Mirjana Tasic, Chair of the Latin
Generation Panel at </span><a href="mailto:mirjana.tasic@rnids.rs"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">mirjana.tasic@rnids.rs</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> or
</span><a href="mailto:latingp@icann.org"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">latingp@icann.org</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">, describing your specific case along with documentation that provides
evidence of use.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The deadline for your submission is May 25th, 2018.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">More about the Latin Generation Panel
</span><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/croscomlgrprocedure/Latin+GP"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">here</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="SR-LATN-RS" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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