[Neobrahmigp] WLE Rule - Vowel cannot be preceded by Halant

[Pitinan Kooarmornpatana]

Dear NBGP members,

We have reviewed all the Neo-Brahmi script proposals and we’d like to draw you attention to one WLE rule “Vowel  cannot be preceded by Halant”

For multiple-word domain name, it is possible that the first word ends with Halant and the following word starts with Vowel. Therefore, relaxing this restriction (V can follow H) will allow such case. However it might also create end-user confusion between the two labels (with and without halant). Please find attached the detail of the issue and point of consideration.

At a quick glance, the following scripts might have to consider adding the rule, or reconfirm that it is not necessary:
Gujarati, Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam.

Script

Has words end with Halant?

Has the rule
V cannot be preceded by H ?

Point of consideration

Devanagari

Yes

Yes

N/A

Gurmukhi

No

No

N/A

Bengali

Yes

Yes

N/A

Gujarati

Yes

No

Adding the rule V cannot be preceded by H

Telugu

Yes

No

Adding the rule V cannot be preceded by H

Kannada

Yes

No

Adding the rule V cannot be preceded by H

Tamil

Yes

No

Adding the rule V cannot be preceded by H

Malayalam

Yes

No

Adding the rule V cannot be preceded by H

Oriya

No

No

N/A


Please note that it could be the script specific. If the script community can distinguish between the multiple-word domainname, with halant and without halant in the middle, this rule might not be required.  The sample text of this section from Devanagari and Bengali proposal are at the end of the file attached.

Kindly share you view.
And if the script leaders would like to edit or confirm the proposal or need further discussion, please don’t be hesitate to let us know.

Regards,
Pitinan



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