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[PATCH] Set the PARENTS argument for language environments

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From: समीर सिंह Sameer Singh
 <lumarzeli30 <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 58376 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Visuwesh <visuweshm <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#58376: [PATCH] Set the PARENTS argument for language
 environments
Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2022 16:01:35 +0530

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Yes, that would be okay too.

On Sun, Oct 30, 2022, 3:50 PM Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:

> > From: समीर सिंह Sameer Singh <lumarzeli30 <at> gmail.com>
> > Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2022 15:00:44 +0530
> > Cc: 58376 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, visuweshm <at> gmail.com
> >
> >  However, the second part of those patches makes little sense to me: if
> >  these languages are considered to be part of "Indian" languages, why
> >  leave them in "Misc"?  "Misc" is for languages that have no "parent"
> >  family.
> >
> > Kharoshthi is different from the Brahmic scripts in that it is not
> derived from Brahmi but instead from Aramaic.
> > It was also used in regions not present in modern India.
> > But it was used to write Indian languages, therefore it made sense to me
> to include it in both Indian and Misc.
>
> I'm okay with "Indian".  It's "Misc" that I question.  Would it be
> okay to have these only in "Indian"?
>

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