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[OpenType] Language System Tags for Iroquoian languages (Cayuga, etc.) #970

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moyogo opened this issue Sep 12, 2022 · 3 comments
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moyogo commented Sep 12, 2022

Please add Language System Tags for Cayuga (ISO 639-3: cay), Oneida (ISO 639-3: one), Onondaga (ISO 639-3: ono), Seneca (ISO 639-3: see), Tuscarora (ISO 639-3: tus), Wendat (ISO 639-3: wdt), Wyandot (ISO 639-3: wyn).

The Reg Henry orthography of Cayuga often uses an angular left hook below and an angular modifier glottal stop.
With Unicode, these are usually represented with ogonek letters Ę, ę, Ǫ, ǫ and the single quote ’, the modifier letter apostrophe ʼ, the superscript seven ⁷, or the modifier letter ˀ.

It would be useful to have a language system tag for Cayuga or other Iroquois languages if one wants implement font features for those languages.

Language System Language System Tag Corresponding ISO 639 ID (if applicable)
Cayuga 'CAY ' cay
Oneida 'ONE ' one
Onondaga 'ONO ' ono
Seneca 'SEE ' see
Tuscarora 'TUS ' tus
Wendat 'WDT ' wdt
Wyandot 'WYN ' wyn

Note that there is a ISO 639-1 code for Iroquaian languages, as well as other Iroquaian languages with ISO 639-3 codes but they are not proposed here.

@PeterCon PeterCon self-assigned this Sep 12, 2022
@PeterCon PeterCon added this to the OpenType 1.9.1 milestone Sep 13, 2022
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PeterCon commented Oct 1, 2022

If they all follow the same typographic conventions, would it not be useful to have a tag ('IRO '?) for Iroquoian languages?

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PeterCon commented Oct 1, 2022

See OT 1.9.1 alpha for draft revisions addressing this issue.

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moyogo commented Oct 1, 2022

It's not clear if all Iroquois languages follow the same style for those characters at this point.

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