> > I think this entry should not be together with the old Indic scripts, > it should be separate from them. Especially if you intend to add more > scripts/languages used in the Philippines. Tagalog and other philippine scripts also descend from Brahmi. They are also superseded by the Roman script, so I would consider them as old. I wonder whether we should call the language-environment "Tagalog". > Why not "Filipino", which AFAIU is the official language name? > Perhaps also for the input method. > AFAICT from the internet, Tagalog and Filipino are two different languages, Filipino is Tagalog with foreign loanwords, for e.g. the Filipino word for a chair is "silya" (from Spanish) while in Tagalog it is "salumpuwit". On Fri, May 20, 2022 at 7:53 PM Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > From: समीर सिंह Sameer Singh > > > > Date: Fri, 20 May 2022 03:43:54 +0530 > > > > Tagalog script is added to Emacs this time. > > Thanks. > > > diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS > > index 4f6df48129..4ded787888 100644 > > --- a/etc/NEWS > > +++ b/etc/NEWS > > @@ -800,6 +800,7 @@ corresponding language environments are: > > **** Siddham script and language environment > > **** Syloti Nagri script and language environment > > **** Modi script and language environment > > +**** Tagalog script and language environment > > I think this entry should not be together with the old Indic scripts, > it should be separate from them. Especially if you intend to add more > scripts/languages used in the Philippines. > > > +(set-language-info-alist > > + "Tagalog" '((charset unicode) > > + (coding-system utf-8) > > + (coding-priority utf-8) > > + (input-method . "tagalog") > > + (sample-text . "Baybayin (ᜊᜌ᜔ᜊᜌᜒᜈ᜔) ᜃᜓᜋᜓᜐ᜔ᜆ") > > + (documentation . "\ > > +Philippine Language Tagalog is supported in this language > environment."))) > > I wonder whether we should call the language-environment "Tagalog". > Why not "Filipino", which AFAIU is the official language name? > Perhaps also for the input method. >