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How does DNS handle RtL languages? Are palindromes they key?
by adolph 4y ago
How does DNS handle RtL languages?
Are palindromes they key?
- zamadatix 4y agoUnicode has the concept of directionality built in already but it took some work to align with the existing assumptions of DNS https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc5893 https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc5893
- adolph 4y agoLanguage serialization is tricky: Examples of Issues Found with RFC 3454 4.1. Dhivehi Dhivehi, the official language of the Maldives, is written with the Thaana script. This script displays some of the characteristics of the Arabic script, including its directional properties, and the indication of vowels by the diacritical marking of consonantal base characters. This marking is obligatory, and both two consecutive vowels and syllable-final consonants are indicated with unvoiced combining marks. Every Dhivehi word therefore ends with a combining mark.