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Re: [PATCH v2] Added Fiji Hindi language locale for Fiji


AKHILESH KUMAR <akhilesh.k@samsung.com> さんはかきました:

> Hi Mike,
>
>>>>>> Yes, but do we know now whether the hif_FJ locale should use Devanagari
>>>>>> or Latin script?
>>>>>
>>>>> Fiji Hindi which is same as Hindi Most texts are written in the Devanagari script
>>>>
>>>>But why does the Fiji Hindi Wikipedia use Latin script then?
>>>
>>> As per Wiki and other sources
>>> Fiji Hindi is written using both the Latin script and the Devanāgarī script
>>>
>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiji_Hindi
>>> https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiji_Hindi
>>
>>Yes, it says that, on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiji_Hindi it lists
>>Devanagari script first and on https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiji_Hindi
>>it lists Latin script first. And the articles on
>>https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiji_Hindi seem to be all in Latin
>>script, so could it be that Latin script is more commonly used for Fiji
>>Hindi?
>  
>  Since for Hindi hi_IN is used so i think we can use hif_FJ also for Fiji Hindi
>  
>>Maybe we need two locales hif_FJ and hif_FJ@devanagari ?
>  
>  Maybe but In that case we need one more locale for hindi also hif_FJ@devanagari

If devanagari is more common for Fiji Hindi but Latin script is used as
well, then we might  need a hif_FJ@latin.

>>>>>> > That the Fiji Hindi Wikipedia uses Latin script might be a hint that
>>>>>> > Latin script is more common for that language ...
>
> [cid]   
>
> *
>

-- 
Mike FABIAN <mfabian@redhat.com>
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