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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>
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<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>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jul 3, 2016 at 11:57 PM, Rajib
Chakraborty <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr"><span
style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times
New Roman","serif""><span
style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times
New Roman","serif""><span
style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times
New Roman","serif"">
</span></span></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Book
Antiqua","serif"">Dear All,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Book
Antiqua","serif"">Let me share my
observation
regarding the Bnagla Code-point repertoire (pardon me,
if my observation sounds
naïve!)—</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Book
Antiqua","serif""><br>
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Book
Antiqua","serif""></span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Book
Antiqua","serif""> 098C (</span><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Kalpurush"
lang="BN">ঌ</span><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Book
Antiqua","serif"">)—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:"Times New
Roman","serif"">̄</span><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Book
Antiqua","serif"">gari</span><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">̄</span><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Book
Antiqua","serif""> (I prefer not to
use the epithet "<i>Deva"</i>
before Na</span><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">̄</span><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Book
Antiqua","serif"">gari</span><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">̄</span><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Book
Antiqua","serif""> 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:"Times New
Roman","serif"">̣</span></i><i><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Book
Antiqua","serif"">p- </span></i><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Book
Antiqua","serif"">"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:"Times New
Roman","serif"">̄</span></i><i><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Book
Antiqua","serif"">kl</span></i><i><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">̣</span></i><i><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Book
Antiqua","serif"">pé</span></i><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Book
Antiqua","serif""> in 3rd person
Singular Perfect, Desiderative form <i>cikl</i></span><i><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">̣</span></i><i><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Book
Antiqua","serif"">psati</span></i><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Book
Antiqua","serif"">, etc. (Whitney,
1997: 24) In Bangla this was blindly copied from Na</span><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">̄</span><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Book
Antiqua","serif"">gari</span><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">̄</span><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Book
Antiqua","serif"">. 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:"Times New
Roman","serif"">ː 104-110</span><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Book
Antiqua","serif"">). 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:"Times New
Roman","serif"">ǃ</span><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Book
Antiqua","serif"">)—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>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Book
Antiqua","serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Book
Antiqua","serif"">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:"Book
Antiqua","serif"">Best</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Book
Antiqua","serif"">Rajib Chakraborty<br>
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Book
Antiqua","serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Book
Antiqua","serif"">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:"Book
Antiqua","serif"">1. Sarkar,
Pabitra. 2016. “A Commonsense Linguistic Note on the
Sanskrit Alphabet”. In
Bhattacharyya, Chandan & Sen, Subhrajit etds. 2016
<i>S</i></span><i><span
style="font-size:14pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times
New Roman","serif"">́odhanidhiḥ</span></i><span
style="font-size:14pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">, Benaras Mercantile
Co. & 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:"Times
New Roman","serif"">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>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif""><span> </span><span> </span></span><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Book
Antiqua","serif""></span></p>
<span
style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times
New Roman","serif""></span><span
style="font-family:Kalpurush" lang="BN"></span>
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<p><font face="Cambria Math">Dear All,</font></p>
<p><font face="Cambria Math">We have
created an initial set of code-point
repertoire for Bangla.<br>
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<p><font face="Cambria Math">Your
feedback/comments are solicited. <br>
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<font face="Cambria Math">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
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<pre cols="72"><font face="Cambria Math">--
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Akshat Joshi
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