From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: "समीर सिंह Sameer Singh" <lumarzeli30@gmail.com>
Cc: 55529@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#55529: [PATCH] Add support for the Tagalog script
Date: Fri, 20 May 2022 19:07:27 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83k0ag9ohs.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAOR1sLx1PDNgwhfVW0e0vDeiN5T5cETQFCcNyyWgweYJkZ30bA@mail.gmail.com> (message from समीर सिंह Sameer Singh on Fri, 20 May 2022 21:14:04 +0530)
> From: समीर सिंह Sameer Singh <lumarzeli30@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 20 May 2022 21:14:04 +0530
> Cc: 55529@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> I think this entry should not be together with the old Indic scripts,
> it should be separate from them. Especially if you intend to add more
> scripts/languages used in the Philippines.
>
> Tagalog and other philippine scripts also descend from Brahmi. They are also superseded by the Roman
> script, so I would consider them as old.
Fine with me, if you insist. But I raised a brow when I saw that,
FWIW.
And if you are talking mainly about a script, then its name is
Baybayin, no? Tagalog is a language, not a script, right?
> I wonder whether we should call the language-environment "Tagalog".
> Why not "Filipino", which AFAIU is the official language name?
> Perhaps also for the input method.
>
> AFAICT from the internet, Tagalog and Filipino are two different languages, Filipino is Tagalog with foreign
> loanwords, for e.g. the Filipino word for a chair is "silya" (from Spanish)
> while in Tagalog it is "salumpuwit".
Is this really so important? The Wikipedia article says that Filipino
is a version of Tagalog standardized by the constitution of 1987.
Wouldn't it be better to support a modern language used nowadays and
not just its older version?
Looking at this another way: what will an Emacs user expect to find in
Emacs as the supported language for the Philippines?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-05-20 16:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-05-19 22:13 bug#55529: [PATCH] Add support for the Tagalog script समीर सिंह Sameer Singh
2022-05-20 14:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-05-20 15:44 ` समीर सिंह Sameer Singh
2022-05-20 16:07 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2022-05-20 16:31 ` समीर सिंह Sameer Singh
2022-05-21 8:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-05-21 9:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-05-21 15:08 ` समीर सिंह Sameer Singh
2022-05-21 15:43 ` समीर सिंह Sameer Singh
2022-05-22 7:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-05-22 7:28 ` समीर सिंह Sameer Singh
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