Distinguishing COENG TA from COENG DA in Khmer script

[Richard Wordingham]

On Wed, 24 Jun 2020 01:03:17 +0100
Richard Wordingham via Unicode <unicode at unicode.org> wrote:

> On Tue, 23 Jun 2020 15:50:27 -0700
> Asmus Freytag via Unicode <unicode at unicode.org> wrote:

> > The recommendation you cite is a bit "common sense". I believe,
> > without actual knowledge, that there are no "dt" or "td"
> > combinations only "dd" and "tt". In that case, a spell checker can
> > help you pick the correct code for the subscript form.  

> That's a grammar rule - I'm not that spell checkers can exploit it.
> While Series one ('a') normally has /nt/ for base consonant, there are
> or were (my source is Huffman) a few words with /nd/, and there are a
> few words that can be said either way (Durdin 2018, I think).

I forgot to add the condition that the /n/ be written with NO.  Series
one with NNO is usually /nd/; I don't know whether series one /nt/
written with NNO exists.  It might exist in Pali, but be a matter of
sect.

Richard.