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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Dear NBGP members,
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Kindly let me draw you attention to the issue of cross-script variant code points where there is only a single code point or there are only a few code points.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Background<o:p></o:p></span></b></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Currently NBGP proposals include all cross-script variant code points which they can form well-formed cross-script variant labels without considering how many cross-script
variant code points there are between two scripts. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Example1:</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Oriya
</span><span lang="OR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Oriya Sangam MN"">ଠ</span><span lang="TE" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> (</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">0B20) and Malayalam
</span><span lang="ML" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Kartika",serif">ഠ</span><span lang="KN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> (</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">0D20)
<b>are</b> variant code points. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">They are consonants and they can form such
</span><span lang="ML" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Kartika",serif">ഠഠഠ</span><span lang="ML" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">(</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">0B20 0B20 0B20)
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">and </span>
<span lang="OR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Oriya Sangam MN"">ଠଠଠ</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> (</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">0D20 0D20 0D20)</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
cross-script variant labels</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Oriya<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Malayalam<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="OR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Oriya Sangam MN"">ଠ</span><span lang="TE" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> (</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">0B20)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="ML" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Kartika",serif">ഠ</span><span lang="KN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> (</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">0D20)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Example2</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">: Telugu
</span><span lang="TE" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Gautami",sans-serif">ం</span><span lang="TE" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> (</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">0C02) and Malayalam
</span><span lang="ML" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Kartika",serif">ം</span><span lang="ML" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> (</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">0D02)
<b>are</b> <b>NOT</b> variant code points. As they are combining marks and cannot form variant labels. The same applies or Telugu
</span><span lang="TE" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Gautami",sans-serif">ః</span><span lang="TE" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> (</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">0C03)and Malayalam
</span><span lang="ML" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Kartika",serif">ഃ</span><span lang="ML" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> (</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">0D03)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Malayalam</span><span lang="TH" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="TE" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Gautami",sans-serif">ం</span><span lang="TE" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> (</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">0C02)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="ML" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Kartika",serif">ം</span><span lang="ML" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> (</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">0D02)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="TE" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Gautami",sans-serif">ః</span><span lang="TE" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> (</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">0C03)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="ML" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Kartika",serif">ഃ</span><span lang="ML" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> (</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">0D03)</span><span lang="TE" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">IP Feedback<o:p></o:p></span></b></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">With only a single consonant (or plus two combining marks) the overlap between scripts appears rather limited (case of
<i>Example 1</i> above) . The IP would recommend dropping the variants. This feedback applies for Telugu, Kannada, Sinhala, Oriya, Malayalam. However the GP decision will affect all NBGP proposals.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The IP suggest dropping following variant sets:
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Telugu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Kannada<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Sinhala<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="TE" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Gautami",sans-serif">ం</span><span lang="TE" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> (</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">0C02)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="KN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tunga",sans-serif">ಂ</span><span lang="KN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> (</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">0C82)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Sinhala Sangam MN"">ං</span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> (</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">0D82)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="TE" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Gautami",sans-serif">ః</span><span lang="TE" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> (</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">0C03)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="KN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tunga",sans-serif">ಃ</span><span lang="KN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> (</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">0C83)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Sinhala Sangam MN"">ඃ</span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> (</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">0D83)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="TE" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Gautami",sans-serif">ర</span><span lang="TE" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> (</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">0C30)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">OPTIONS<o:p></o:p></span></b></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">OPTION 1:
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Do nothing.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">OPTION 2:
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Drop the suggested variant sets. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Both options are valid. The final decision depends on NBGP. Whichever option selected, the proposals will be published for public comment period for 40 days. The community
and experts will also have a chance to make a comment there. After the public comment period has ended. NBGP will consider all feedback and finalize proposals accordingly.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">We’d like to request the NBGP to consider this issue prior to the NBGP-Sinhala call this evening and let’s aim to finalize the option during the call.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Pitinan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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