From indic at unicode.org Thu Sep 14 11:08:12 2017 From: indic at unicode.org (Srinidhi A via Indic) Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2017 21:38:12 +0530 Subject: Indic syllabic category of Kharoshthi virama Message-ID: In Indic_Syllabic_Category Virama is assigned to only includes characters that can act both as visible killer viramas and consonant stackers. Separate property values exist for characters that can only act as pure killers or only as consonant stackers and consonant stackers. Pure_Killer and Invisible_Stacker are other property values. KHAROSHTHI VIRAMA is currently assigned property as Invisible_Stacker. Unlike other Indic Kharoshthi does not have any visible form virama which acts as a halanta. When not followed by a consonant, the virama causes the preceding consonant to be written as subscript to the left of the letter preceding it. If followed by another consonant, the virama will trigger a combined form consisting of two or more consonants.(from Kharoshthi section of Core specification, page 564-565) The vowel less consonant is written smaller and lower than regular consonants. These forms are also found in Brahmi. Since Virama in Kharoshthi can act as halanta(killing of inherent vowel) and form consonant conjuncts, What is appropriate property? Should it be changed to Indic_Syllabic_Category=Virama. Regards, Srinidhi A -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: