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This is really fantastic. It sent me looking for source materials for the character choices made for each language. I'm dealing with a media experience in Dako
by xbryanx 10y ago
This is really fantastic. It sent me looking for source materials for the character choices made for each language.
I'm dealing with a media experience in Dakota and Ojibwa right now where we have source material that is spelled/character-ed quite differently than the alphabet provided by Noto in those languages. Given the scale of this project, I assume that some considerable thought went into each language's character set, but it's difficult to know for sure without any sourcing. The git commit logs don't offer up any hints. Anyone familiar with the project, know where I could find this sort of source information?
Should I be referencing something in the Unicode definitions for these languages?
- iguessthislldo 10y agoI know basically nothing about Native American specific scripts, but if you do and they are not in Unicode (Right now they list Cherokee, Deseret, Osage, and Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics as their American Scripts) then check out their web site and try to see about having the relevant scripts/alphabet/letters, etc added to the standard.
- kens 10y agoThe Noto characters are from the Unicode definitions, so that's where you should look to understand why those characters exist. These proposals provides some background: http://www.unicode.org/L2/L2008/08132r-n3427r-syllabics.pdf http://www.unicode.org/L2/L2008/08132r-n3427r-syllabics.pdf http://www.unicode.org/L2/L2008/08342-n3507-syllabics.pdf http://www.unicode.org/L2/L2008/08342-n3507-syllabics.pdf