Dear all,

I am excited to share the news on the acceptance of six new characters
to the telugu block.

1. TELUGU SIGN AVAGRAHA
2. TELUGU LETTER TSA (dental ca)
3. TELUGU LETTER DZA (dental ja)
4. TELUGU VOWEL SIGN VOCALIC L
5. TELUGU VOWEL SIGN VOCALIC LL
6. TELUGU SIGN ARDHAVISARGA

The decision on fraction symbols was deferred, and the proposals for
danda, double danda, abbreviation symbol and talakaTTu were rejected
(expectedly). The link to the original proposal is:

http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n3116.pdf

All credit and kudos should go to Nagarjuna Venna for his dedication
and hardwork on this proposal, and to Michael Everson for his expert
guidance and support. Thanks are also due to all those racchabanDa
members who helped us in collecting the evidence, especially, Sesha
Vadapalli, J. K. Mohana Rao and Sreenivas Paruchuri gaarlu.

We are working on sending another proposal for additional symbols like:

1. guruvu symbol
2. laghuvu symbol
3. yati symbol
4. retroflex approximant (z.)
5. Near-open front unrounded vowel (ae (æ) sound in the past tense
verbs)
6. special symbol for f (as used in BhK's vRttipadakOSaM)
7. Symbols for Paurnami and Amavasya

We welcome input and feedback on this proposal from y'all!

Regards,
Suresh.
మా.మా.: time for you to celebrate. You can spell your name
correctly in Unicode now!

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