Indian Script Code for Information Interchange: Difference between revisions

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'''INV character—code point D9 (217)''': The INV character is used as a pseudo-consonant to display combining elements in isolation. For example, क (ka) + ् (halant) + INV = क्‍ (half ka). The Unicode equivalent is no break space 00A0 or dotted circle ◌ 25CC.

'''Halant character ़—code point E8 (232)''': The halant character removes the implicit vowel from a consonant and is used between consonants to represent conjunct consonants. For example, क (ka) + ् (halant) + त (ta) = क्त (kta). The sequence ् (halant) + ् (halant) displays a conjunct with an explicit halant, for example क (ka) + ् (halant) + ् (halant) + त (ta) = क्‌त. The sequence ् (halant) + ़ (nukta) displays a conjunct with half consonants, if available, for example क (ka) + ् (halant) + ़ (nukta) = क्‍त. Unicode equivalents are as follows: ISCII single halant E8 = Unicode 092D094D; ISCII halant + halant = Unicode 094D + zero width non-joiner (ZWNJ) 200C; ISCII halant + nukta = Unicode 034D094D + zero width joiner (ZWJ) 200D.

'''Nukta character ़—code point E9 (233)''': The [[nukta]] character after another ISCII character is used for a number of rarer characters which don't exist in the main ISCII set. For example क (ka) + ़ (nukta) = क़ (qa). These characters have precomposed forms in Unicode, as shown in the following table.