Talk:Syriac alphabet

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Could somebody please restore this page. Other pages link to it - see "Syriac_language". It was here a few days ago & I have referred to it often

What do you mean by 'restore the page'? — Gareth Hughes 19:16, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mistake in the short table of the alphabet

For the letters with final form (k,m,n), the present table shows both normal and final form stuck together, which is wrong of course - only the normal form should be kept, as the final form is printed in the line beneath. I tried to edit it but failed - whenever I try to delete the final form, the normal form adjacent to it is transformed into a final form. So I don't know how to retain the normal form only. Perhaps someone could fix that.

They're not mistakes: that is the usual way to write these letters when they are written separately from a word (the initial and final forms are written together). Unfortunately, the short table relies on the user's fonts and Unicode compatibility of browser to make the Syriac work well. Yours seems to be working well, as the final form automatically appears. Perhaps the best thing would be to mention that these letters are written double when they appear alone. — Gareth Hughes 15:36, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

I've added a line explaining the double forms. It may need some re-wording though. --334 15:00, 9 March 2007 (UTC)