Subject: Re: (i18n.268) Re: Welsh Character Set

From: Graham Dixon <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 1995 12:16:24 -0900 (PDT)

On Sat, 10 Jun 1995, Keld J|rn Simonsen wrote:

> [email-masked] writes:
> 
> > Can anyone tell me which of the ISO 8859 codesets contain the
> > Welsh character set? Or, which other codeset(s) contain the Welsh
> > character set?
> 
> The only one is know of is ISO/IEC 10646-1 (and thus UNICODE).
> As far as I know no 8859 set has full Welch repertoire,
> it is especially the <w'> etc that is missing. Even ISO 6937
> does not cover this, while it actually could.
> 
> Keld
> 
Keld Simonsen's information is not quite right.  There is a specific Welsh
character set in the ISO 2375 Register:

ISO-IR 182, "Welsh variant of Latin Alphabet No.1 (right-hand part)",

registered on 1994-03-16 and sponsored by British Standards Institution
(BSI).  The originators are:

Welsh Joint Education Committee, Treforest, Mid-Glamorgan, CF37 5US, Wales.

Hope this helps.

Graham Dixon
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