thanks Mirjana and Mats for respective messages and comments, since there are 180 languages at the start and that's a big number to be looking at, even for a linguist, I suggest each member of our group should look at one character across all 180 languages and obtain/create/establish etc. the context for it.
1. If not found we still do not know if it should be included or not.
2. We have to return to all languages for characters that we have not found elsewhere.
3. We have to investigate all characters in every language anyway to make to see if it has any combination of base character and combining mark.
For every character (or combination) that we want to include we should find evidence that it is used according to the principles. To have a firm ground we should not just register for one language, but for several, in case some language is excluded at a later stage or that evidence is found to be invalid.
Mats
From: <latingp-bounces@icann.org> on behalf of Textual Solutions <textualsolutions@gmail.com>
Date: Thursday 25 May 2017 at 09:21
To: Latin GP <latingp@icann.org>
Subject: [Latingp] character-based analysis
Dear All,
Each member of the Rep. group may be invited to look at one character only across the languages listed. What do you think? Pls see sample attached and comment. Thanks.
NPK