RE: Re: [PATCH v2] Added Fiji Hindi language locale for Fiji

[AKHILESH KUMAR <akhilesh dot k at samsung dot com>]

>> Hi Mike,
>>
>>>>>>> Yes, but do we know now whether the hif_FJ locale should use Devanagari
>>>>>>> or Latin script?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Fiji Hindi which is same as Hindi Most texts are written in the Devanagari script
>>>>>
>>>>>But why does the Fiji Hindi Wikipedia use Latin script then?
>>>>
>>>> As per Wiki and other sources
>>>> Fiji Hindi is written using both the Latin script and the Devanāgarī script
>>>>
>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiji_Hindi
>>>> https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiji_Hindi
>>>
>>>Yes, it says that, on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiji_Hindi it lists
>>>Devanagari script first and on https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiji_Hindi
>>>it lists Latin script first. And the articles on
>>>https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiji_Hindi seem to be all in Latin
>>>script, so could it be that Latin script is more commonly used for Fiji
>>>Hindi?
>>  
>>  Since for Hindi hi_IN is used so i think we can use hif_FJ also for Fiji Hindi
>>  
>>>Maybe we need two locales hif_FJ and hif_FJ@devanagari ?
>>  
>  Maybe but In that case we need one more locale for hindi also hif_FJ@devanagari

>If devanagari is more common for Fiji Hindi but Latin script is used as
>well, then we might  need a hif_FJ@latin.

I am native speaker of Hindi as per my study and analysis 
We can write two locales
  1->  For devanagari  hif_FJ@devanagari
        hi_IN locale can  be used in hif_FJ@devanagari
  2->  For latin “hif_FJ@latin or hif_FJ” 

I will recreate patch for latin and share for review 


>>>>>>> > That the Fiji Hindi Wikipedia uses Latin script might be a hint that
>>>>>>> > Latin script is more common for that language ...
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>> [cid]   
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