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Re: Linux Console in UTF-8 - current state

Thomas Chan writes:

> There are a few scripts that are top-to-bottom, with no real and normal
> alternative, such as the classical Mongolian script (top-to-bottom,
> left-to-right), that a decision will have to be made over.  (On the other
> hand, in this particular example, Cyrillic could be substituted for
> writing Mongolian, if the goal is just simple contemporary IT usage.)

Vertical Mongolian will have to be supported in the long run, because:

- There are 2 million people speaking Mongolian in Mongolia, and
  4 million people speaking Mongolian in China.

- Both communities use vertical writing.

- Cyrillic writing is only used for Mongolian in Mongolia. At school
  they learn both scripts. The important documents are in vertical
  writing, though.

See also
  http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=MVF
  http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=KHK

Bruno

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