[INDOLOGY] Unicode: Pabuchi and Ranjana

[Charles DiSimone]

Dear Jan,

I know that there has been an effort to make a Ranjana/Lantsa unicode
script from Anshuman Pandey since at least 2016. Quickly looking over this
new effort in comparison to the 2016 document I see that things are
similar. Just out of curiosity, how long does it usually take to get a new
unicode font approved? I, for one, would be quite glad to see a Ranjana
font and I hope it is finally produced.

With my best wishes,
Charles

Dr. Charles DiSimone
Department of Languages and Cultures
Ghent University


On Thu, Apr 27, 2023 at 1:23 PM Jan Kučera <jan.kucera at matfyz.cz> wrote:

> Dear all,
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> Unicode keeps receiving proposals for encoding scripts from both past and
> present India and I thought it might be valuable to reach out and encourage
> feedback from the Indology community.
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> One of the proposed scripts for encoding is for Pabuchi, a script used for
> writing Sirmauri and Mahasui languages used by astrologers in Himachal
> Pradesh. Is anybody familiar or have any contacts with this community? I
> would like to independently verify some of the claims made in the proposal,
> especially since the knowledge of the script has traditionally been
> considered sacred and not for sharing.
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> Another proposal we would be looking for feedback on is Ranjana (unified
> with Lantsa) for writing Sanskrit, Newar and other local languages. The
> proposal is available at
> https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2023/23028-ranjana.pdf.
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> Feel free to respond in the group or reach out to me offline if you had
> any comments or suggestions.
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> Thank you and best regards,
>
> Jan
>
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