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    <p><font face="Georgia">Dear sir,</font></p>
    <p><font face="Georgia">Then should we proceed to block this
        character from the NBGP code-point repertoire? This means we
        will mark it in blue under the disposition that it is blocked by
        the NBGP recommendation.</font></p>
    <p><font face="Georgia">Also, please advise if the same argument
        holds true for U+098C in Assamese and Manipuri language? <br>
      </font></p>
    <p><font face="Georgia">with regards,</font></p>
    <p><font face="Georgia">Akshat<br>
      </font></p>
    <p><font face="Georgia"><br>
      </font></p>
    <br>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 04-07-2016 10:59, Udaya Narayana
      Singh wrote:<br>
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      <div dir="ltr">I agree with this observation of Rajib Chakraborty
        about non-functionality of the symbol under 098C which should be
        eliminated.
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        <div>Regards,</div>
        <div><br>
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        <div>Udaya Narayana Singh</div>
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        <div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jul 3, 2016 at 11:57 PM, Rajib
          Chakraborty <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a moz-do-not-send="true"
              href="mailto:rajibchakraborty2005@gmail.com"
              target="_blank">rajibchakraborty2005@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span>
          wrote:<br>
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                  style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;Book
                  Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Dear All,</span></p>
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                style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span
                  style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;Book
                  Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Let me share my
                  observation
                  regarding the Bnagla Code-point repertoire (pardon me,
                  if my observation sounds
                  naïve!)—</span></p>
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                style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span
                  style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;Book
                  Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"><br>
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              <p class="MsoNormal"
                style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span
                  style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;Book
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              <ul>
                <li><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;Book
                    Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"> 098C (</span><span
                    style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Kalpurush"
                    lang="BN">ঌ</span><span
                    style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;Book
                    Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">)—This so-called
                    vocalic letter was never ever in
                    use in Bangla. This was inherited from the Na</span><span
                    style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;Times New
                    Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">̄</span><span
                    style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;Book
                    Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">gari</span><span
                    style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;Times New
                    Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">̄</span><span
                    style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;Book
                    Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"> (I prefer not to
                    use the epithet "<i>Deva"</i>
                    before Na</span><span
                    style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;Times New
                    Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">̄</span><span
                    style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;Book
                    Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">gari</span><span
                    style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;Times New
                    Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">̄</span><span
                    style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;Book
                    Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"> as historically
                    there is no element of divinity in
                    the script) script. Even in Sanskrit its use was
                    limited to a solitary verb
                    root √<i>kl</i></span><i><span
                      style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;Times New
                      Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">̣</span></i><i><span
                      style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;Book
                      Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">p- </span></i><span
                    style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;Book
                    Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">"to be adapted" and
                    a few of its
                    conjugated forms, e.g. Vedic form <i>ca</i></span><i><span
                      style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;Times New
                      Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">̄</span></i><i><span
                      style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;Book
                      Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">kl</span></i><i><span
                      style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;Times New
                      Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">̣</span></i><i><span
                      style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;Book
                      Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">pé</span></i><span
                    style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;Book
                    Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"> in 3rd person
                    Singular Perfect, Desiderative form <i>cikl</i></span><i><span
                      style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;Times New
                      Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">̣</span></i><i><span
                      style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;Book
                      Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">psati</span></i><span
                    style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;Book
                    Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">, etc. (Whitney,
                    1997: 24) In Bangla this was blindly copied from Na</span><span
                    style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;Times New
                    Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">̄</span><span
                    style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;Book
                    Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">gari</span><span
                    style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;Times New
                    Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">̄</span><span
                    style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;Book
                    Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">. It does not even
                    have any historical or archaic
                    value in Bangla writing system (for a detailed
                    discussion see Sarkar, 2016</span><span
                    style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;Times New
                    Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">ː 104-110</span><span
                    style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;Book
                    Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">). Moreover there
                    is high risk of confusing this
                    letter with the symbol for Bangla numeral 9
                    (fortunately numerals are
                    disallowed here</span><span
                    style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;Times New
                    Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">ǃ</span><span
                    style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;Book
                    Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">)—these two are
                    awfully
                    similar. Inclusion of this letter has no valid
                    argument whatsoever. This should
                    be disallowed as per IDNA protocol. <span> </span></span></li>
              </ul>
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                style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span
                  style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;Book
                  Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"
                style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span
                  style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;Book
                  Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Except this rest
                  is fine!</span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"
                style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span
                  style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;Book
                  Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Best</span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"
                style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span
                  style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;Book
                  Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Rajib Chakraborty<br>
                </span></p>
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                  style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;Book
                  Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"> </span></p>
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                style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span
                  style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;Book
                  Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">References:</span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt
                36pt;text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span
                  style="font-size:14pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Book
                  Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">1. Sarkar,
                  Pabitra. 2016. “A Commonsense Linguistic Note on the
                  Sanskrit Alphabet”. In
                  Bhattacharyya, Chandan &amp; Sen, Subhrajit etds. 2016
                  <i>S</i></span><i><span
                    style="font-size:14pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times
                    New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">́odhanidhiḥ</span></i><span
style="font-size:14pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New
                  Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">, Benaras Mercantile
                  Co. &amp; Gourbanga University, pp. 104-110. </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt
                36pt;text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span
                  style="font-size:14pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times
                  New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">2. Whitney, William
                  Dwight. 1997. <i>The Roots,
                    Verb-forms and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit
                    Language</i>. 1<sup>st</sup>
                  edn in 1885. Delhiː Motilal Banarasidass Publishers
                  Private Limited. </span></p>
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                              <p><font face="Cambria Math">We have
                                  created an initial set of code-point
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