Kaixo! On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 09:08:23PM -0800, Edward Cherlin wrote:
> On Monday 31 March 2003 01:18 am, Pablo Saratxaga wrote: > > What I wonder is if complex scritps languages (those that have > > the shape of characters change depending on context) do > > wrod-breaking; and if yes, do the shapes change on the > > breaking? > > Word breaking is not required in Indic writing systems. When a > word with a final consonant is followed by a word with an > initial vowel, the consonant and vowel are combined. A final > consonant and a following initial consonant form a conjunct. But > it is permitted to write the words separately on successive > lines. Indic writing systems don't use spaces between words? -- Ki ça vos våye bén, Pablo Saratxaga http://chanae.walon.org/pablo/ PGP Key available, key ID: 0xD9B85466 [you can write me in Walloon, Spanish, French, English, Italian or Portuguese]
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