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Re: Tanween variants and Unicode : Question about code 0658
- To: "General Arabization Discussion" <general at arabeyes dot org>
- Subject: Re: Tanween variants and Unicode : Question about code 0658
- From: "Thomas Milo" <t dot milo at chello dot nl>
- Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 16:05:23 +0200
Hi meor,
Meor Ridzuan Meor Yahaya wrote:
> Salam to all,
> Does anyone knows about this code? The description says ARABIC MARK
> NOON GNUNNA, then further describe it as Kashmiri and Baluchi,
> nazalization in Urdu. I think I've not seen the mark before, and it is
> difficult to know how exactly does it look like from Unicode document.
U+0658 ARABIC MARK NOON GHUNNA is a supplement to the U+06BA ARABIC LETTER
NOON GHUNNA (an undotted noon for Urdu), for disambiguation in non-final
positions. It looks like the Latin BREVE mark (bottom half of circle)
> Previously, I thought of using this code to indicate the
> sequential/assimilated tanween (seems the most logical choice), but
> however it does have problems when trying to implement it under
> windows.
Why not use U+06E8 SMALL NOON ABOVE which presently serves only one instance
in the whole of the Qur'an, or the history of Arabic literacy for that
matter?
t