On 6/28/2011 1:40 AM, Andreas Stötzner wrote:
Am 28.06.2011 um 09:43 schrieb Jean-François Colson:
I’m interested in Unifon (http://www.unifon.org). That’s a phonemic
alphabet for English which is used to teach reading.
Although it has been encoded in the ConScript Unicode Registry as a
new script in a three-columns block, it has in fact been designed as
an extension of the Latin alphabet.
Therefore, considering that three fifths of its letters are already
available, I wonder whether a proposal shouldn’t be limited to the 16
missing letters.
What’s your opinion?
Is there a real need for regular encoding?
If proposed as kind of extension to Latin there will be one issue at
least to be considered carefully: Unifon does not fit the Latin
Writing system since it is unicameral, not bicameral (as far as I can
see).
Same restriction applies to IPA and phonetic notations, all of which
have been unified with Latin as far as common letters are concerned.
By which I doubtlessly not intend at all to encourage any of the
enthusiasts to think they ought now go to their desks and try to
invent new lowercase glyphs.
More relevant would be "who uses this system, where and how widely".
The answer to those questions decides, among others, whether any
standardization effort is warranted.
A./
