linuxgeek: Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Re: How many Indian Languages in Linux

On Mon, Apr 08, 2013 at 08:19:37AM -0000, jerry_mccarthy_uk wrote:
> --- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, Scott <scottro@...> wrote:
> >
> > Also, after speaking with my friend, he mentioned that Urdu
> > is written with Arabic letters, and every distro I know
> > supports that.
> >
>
> That is not quite true; it is on a par with saying that French, German,
> etc are written with English letters - true at one level, until you
> try to write something with an acute accent, umlaut, etc.
>
> Urdu is written in an extended form of the Arabic alphabet; it has
> letters which you might not find in an Arabic character set.

Thank you Jerry, I just added to my knowledge. :)

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