Dear Dennis, Derek and friends,

Dennis: there isn't really more than one "character set" for Pali.
What we are reading (in the Roman characters) are just to represent
the 42 'sounds' of the Pali vocal system (transliteration, more on
Derek's site).

The 'n' with a 'tail' is the Niggahita, pronounced 'ng', and also
written 'm with a dot above' or 'm with a dot below'. This is the
same as writing 7 with or without a cross. It is also like the small
letter 'a' has two ways of writing. The same applies to the number 1,
whether you write it with one stroke or two, is up to individual.
Also for the number 0, whether you draw a diagonal / across the O. Or
the dollar sign $ with one or two vertical lines. All are acceptable.
The list goes on...

Hope that helps.



metta,
Yong Peng.

--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, Dennis W. K. Khong wrote:

Sorry I didn't make it clear that I wasn't asking about font/typeface
sets. I am interested in character sets (or Romanised Pali
alphabets). I think PTS has a character which looks like an 'n' but
with a tail like a 'g'. Some character sets don't have a '.'
below 'm', while another have both. I would like to know how are they
different and whether a standard set has evolved.