Muhammad, what does the diacritic look like? I notice in some fonts,
it is a line under the character, but is that the symbol used in
Tatabahasa Bugis?
Regarding vowel /e/, this is a problem which I'm working on now.
Cheers
Mark
On 08/11/05, muhammad zaid zainuddin <zaidpjd(a)umich.edu> wrote:
dear wikitech,
I'm really really sorry for bothering and giving you guys with a lot of
trouble. I've been away because of end of ramadan and eid celebration.
About the virama diacritics (attached), actually, it's kind of 'new',
because it's introduced in 1985 by the 'Balai Penelitian Bahasa Ujung
Pandang' (Ujung Pandang Committee of Language), thus will never be found in
old text like i la galigo. Therefore, ominoglot and other lontara sources
didn't mention this diacritic because they are referring to the oled texts.
Here's the scan of the page from Buginese Grammar written in Indonesia. You
will notice this at page five. The title of this book is 'Tatabahasa Bugis'
published by 'Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan', Indonesia (Department
of Education and Culture of Indonesia) in 1991. I think, you can find this
book at main library or university's library. I hope wikitech creates this
diacrtic and informs me about how to make the input.
Secondly, I notice that the diacritic /e/, when written, got mix up with
the other consonant. Take a look at this page:
<http://bug.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:%E1%A8%84%E1%A8%82%E1%A8%89%E1%A8%99%E1%A8%91%E1%A8%99%E1%A8%82>
When I typed in the word 'pangadereng', the vowel /e/ got mix up with the
other consonants. Thus, make it harder to read.
Thirdly, I got some replies telling me that the consonant is too small to
read. Can wikitechs make it a little bigger like Malayalam language.
Thank you.
Muhammad Zaid Zainuddin
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