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Re: [PATCH 0/1] Arabic scripts: More fixes after the recent import from CLDR-31
On Tue, Jul 4, 2017 at 6:52 AM, Rafal Luzynski
<digitalfreak@lingonborough.com> wrote:
> 1.07.2017 03:19 Rafal Luzynski <digitalfreak@lingonborough.com> wrote:
>> [...]
>> ar_DZ, ar_MA, ar_TN: although CLDR does not provide abbreviated
>> month names I tried to follow the convention which abbreviates the
>> month names to their first 3 characters and here is the result:
>> month names imported and abbreviated.
>
> OK, this idea turned out to be wrong and this makes whole patch
> need a rework. Probably we should drop the abbreviated forms
> in Arabic scripts unless they come from CLDR or are verified
> by a native speaker.
Yes, I think that's the best plan. I don't speak Arabic myself, but I
know enough about the *script* to know that abbreviating words is
going to be more complicated than in most languages.
zw