Showing posts with label Sīālkōtī. Show all posts
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Monday, 7 April 2025

oddity from Pakistan

While India has a long tradition of spelling maṣāḥif,
there is one šaiḫ, Ẓafār Iqbāl as-Sīālkōtī, who published a mix of Indian and African spelling:
he keeps the long vowel signs
he adds hamza sign (which in IPak is included in vowel sign)
he adds differenciated tanwin signs (an improvement, but not necessary: determined by the following letter)
he does not differentiate between ī and ĭ (determined by the following letters)
he has both the normal ǧazm/head of ǧim without dot and the "Calcutta" angle for sukūn (why?)

another UT1 from Damascus

BerKenār ʿUṯmān Ṭaha started in Damascus, but today is mostly associated with Madina. Between 1991 and 2013 when they moved to Bairut, Ṣub...