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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="SR-LATN-RS" style="font-size:11.0pt">Hello everyone,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="SR-LATN-RS" style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> The Latin Generation Panel (LGP) is looking for individuals with good knowledge in languages written in Latin script, to help identify cases where the same letter could be written in two or more forms in
printed text in any given language.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Example</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Language</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Marshallese</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Reference</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__en.m.wikipedia.org_wiki_Marshallese-5Flanguage-23Display-5Fissues&d=DwMGaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=KTETvEaGPwPcawI-QmNa-kiv-ZBvdgyyLm-mxd028M4&m=T2moz_MAZ57q6f_jSPxFfaNsFYmDedvyNNfiPHd24Wg&s=HZLzczReRoORB3VASh0QOfs7yH55fCHYQ0-drmmwSyY&e=">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshallese_language#Display_issues[en.m.wikipedia.org]</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Evidence</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.dropbox.com_s_mm5rn8upi57ecwz_Marshallese-2520language-2520-2D-2520Wikipedia.pdf-3Fdl-3D0&d=DwMGaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=KTETvEaGPwPcawI-QmNa-kiv-ZBvdgyyLm-mxd028M4&m=T2moz_MAZ57q6f_jSPxFfaNsFYmDedvyNNfiPHd24Wg&s=QVug0-_3XHPh90ivo3BaLOASKdlo6iWyihFT8F9HaLM&e=">https://www.dropbox.com/s/mm5rn8upi57ecwz/Marshallese%20language%20-%20Wikipedia.pdf?dl=0[dropbox.com]</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Wikipedia says (somewhat updated):</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">In the most polished printed text, the letters Ļ ļ M̧ m̧ Ņ ņ O̧ o̧ always appear with cedillas directly beneath, and the letters Ā ā N̄ n̄ Ō ō Ū ū always appear with macrons directly above. Regardless, the
diacritics are often replaced by ad hoc spellings using more common or more easily displayable characters. In particular, the Marshallese-English Online Dictionary (MOD) uses the following characters:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><br>
Standard MOD<br>
Ļ M̧ Ņ N̄ O̧ Ḷ Ṃ Ṇ Ñ Ọ<br>
ļ m̧ ņ n̄ o̧ ḷ ṃ ṇ ñ ọ<br>
<br>
<br>
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</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">This means that versions of letters with diacritics (cedilla and dot below) are used interchangeably in this example:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">ļ = ḷ</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">m̧ = ṃ</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">ņ = ṇ</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">o̧ = ọ</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Printed versions of the dictionary do not use letters with dots below. MOD uses letters with dots below because characters with cedilla have no precomposed form, and sometimes these characters are not displayed
correctly.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">If you have examples in your language (i.e. two or more letters are used interchangeably in every day writing) please write to Mirjana Tasic, Chair of the Latin Generation Panel at <a href="mailto:mirjana.tasic@rnids.rs">mirjana.tasic@rnids.rs</a> or <a href="mailto:latingp@icann.org">latingp@icann.org</a>,
describing your specific case along with documentation that provides evidence of use.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The timeline for submission is by May 25th, 2018.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">More about the Latin Generation Panel here: <a href="https://community.icann.org/display/croscomlgrprocedure/Latin+GP">https://community.icann.org/display/croscomlgrprocedure/Latin+GP</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Latin Generation Panel is developing the proposal for Latin script for the <a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/root-zone-lgr-2015-06-21-en">root zone label generation rules</a>. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thanks</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">-- </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Yaovi Atohoun</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Stakeholder Engagement and Operations Manager- Africa; ICANN</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Tel. +229 66015649/65209067</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">www.icann.org</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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