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What does an initial look like in Devanagari, Bengali and the scripts like them? (एम. एस. वर्मा gives initials() 'ए. ए. व.') #1273
Description
#1191 stopped a Latin initial spelled out in a Brahmic script (एम. for M., এম., ਐਮ.) from reading as a title. It now reads as a name word. But nothing reads it as an initial. classify tags an initial by T5's shape, one word character and a period, and a spelled initial is two letters (एम.), or a letter and a vowel sign (बी., के.). Measured on master b76f278:
| Input | today | what reads it |
|---|---|---|
एम. एस. वर्मा |
given एम., middle एस., family वर्मा (right) |
|
एम. एस. वर्मा.initials() |
ए. ए. व. |
R3 takes the first character: M., S., N., L. and F. all give ए. |
बी. के. शर्मा.initials() |
ब. क. श. |
the same, and so before #1191 |
एम. tags |
none, so no rule that reads an initial (M4, O5, P7, C9, S10, O1) sees one | T5 |
राम वर्मा एम.एस. |
suffix एम.एस. (suffix-or-name) |
S3 (the unlisted dotted suffix shape): #864's paired-initials exception needs a script with capitals |
राम वर्मा, एम. डी. (M.D. spelled) |
given एम., middle डी., family राम वर्मा |
C1: neither word is a listed credential; CLDR's Marathi renderings write these |
The shape question: in a Brahmic script, is a spelled initial an initial? If so, what marks one: a short word and a period (एम., बी., के., डी.), or a closed list of the spelled Latin letters per script? And what is its initial: the word itself (एम.) or its first character? The answer decides the other rows: the tag that rules read, initials(), whether एम.एस. is paired initials, and whether spelled credentials after a comma are listed vocabulary.
Where they occur: the 39 Lok Sabha names #1191 measured in in_sansad; nepal-candidates' Devanagari side (none moved under #1191, so to be measured); CLDR's Marathi fictional renderings.
Activity
ჯეკ MA,ကြည် ကြည် ဌေး,एम. एस. वर्मा) #1256