--- In qalam@yahoogroups.com, "suzmccarth" <suzmccarth@...> wrote:

>
> --- In qalam@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Wordingham"
> <richard.wordingham@...> wrote:
> >
> > --- In qalam@yahoogroups.com, "suzmccarth" <suzmccarth@...>

wrote:

> > >
> > > --- In qalam@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Wordingham"
> > > <richard.wordingham@...> wrote:

> Innuktitut is a different language in everyone's book. It has a
> separate language code. They do share a writing system in the way
> that many lgs share the roman alphabet. I can't comment on that.

I thought there was a suggestion out that we propose an amendment to
the default database for the Unicode sorting algorithm. One
intended for Cree locales is a different matter.

> However, there
> seems to be one code only for Cree from Quebec to Alberta so

Eaatern

> and Western finals are dual encodings for the final consonants. No?

> > > >There may be even more issues with the vowelless
> > > > consonants (typically syllable final).
> > >
> > > Eastern and western finals are font differences! IMO

Surely one problem here is that the same symbol can have different
meanings in the different Cree languages/dialects.

> > > >Another issue is that there
> > > > appear to be fricativisation and affricatisation diacritics.
> >
> > > Don't know what this is - possibly not Cree.
> >
> > Compare FI U+1555 with PI U+1431 , and THI U+1560, N-CREE THI
> U+1561
> > with TI U+144E. There is an extra loop, with different
> conventions
> > for its placement.

Are you not acquainted with FI and THI? If you are, you may be able
to comment on how regularly the loop is used in Cree.

Richard.