[Neobrahmigp] Bangla - Proposed code-point repertoire

[Udaya Narayana Singh]

I agree with this observation of Rajib Chakraborty about non-functionality
of the symbol under 098C which should be eliminated.

Regards,

Udaya Narayana Singh

On Sun, Jul 3, 2016 at 11:57 PM, Rajib Chakraborty <
rajibchakraborty2005 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> Let me share my observation regarding the Bnagla Code-point repertoire
> (pardon me, if my observation sounds naïve!)—
>
>
>
>    -  098C (ঌ)—This so-called vocalic letter was never ever in use in
>    Bangla. This was inherited from the Nāgarī (I prefer not to use the
>    epithet "*Deva"* before Nāgarī as historically there is no element
>    of divinity in the script) script. Even in Sanskrit its use was limited to
>    a solitary verb root √*kl**̣**p- *"to be adapted" and a few of its
>    conjugated forms, e.g. Vedic form *ca**̄**kl**̣**pé* in 3rd person
>    Singular Perfect, Desiderative form *cikl**̣**psati*, etc. (Whitney,
>    1997: 24) In Bangla this was blindly copied from Nāgarī. It does not
>    even have any historical or archaic value in Bangla writing system (for a
>    detailed discussion see Sarkar, 2016ː 104-110). Moreover there is high
>    risk of confusing this letter with the symbol for Bangla numeral 9
>    (fortunately numerals are disallowed hereǃ)—these two are awfully
>    similar. Inclusion of this letter has no valid argument whatsoever. This
>    should be disallowed as per IDNA protocol.
>
>
>
> Except this rest is fine!
>
> Best
>
> Rajib Chakraborty
>
>
>
> References:
>
> 1. Sarkar, Pabitra. 2016. “A Commonsense Linguistic Note on the Sanskrit
> Alphabet”. In Bhattacharyya, Chandan & Sen, Subhrajit etds. 2016 *S*
> *́odhanidhiḥ*, Benaras Mercantile Co. & Gourbanga University, pp.
> 104-110.
>
> 2. Whitney, William Dwight. 1997. *The Roots, Verb-forms and Primary
> Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language*. 1st edn in 1885. Delhiː Motilal
> Banarasidass Publishers Private Limited.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 29, 2016 at 2:55 PM, Akshat Joshi <akshatj at cdac.in> wrote:
>
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>> Dear All,
>>
>> We have created an initial set of code-point repertoire for Bangla.
>>
>> Your feedback/comments are solicited.
>> We have planned to finalize the Bangla code-point repertoire by 17th of
>> July '16, so your early responses would enable the detailed discussions and
>> timely finalization.
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Akshat Joshi
>> C-DAC GIST
>>
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> Rajib Chakraborty
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