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*/

package org.thdl.tib.text;

/** This is where basic, static knowledge of THDL's Extended Wylie is housed.
 *  @see org.thdl.tib.text#TibetanMachineWeb */
public interface THDLWylieConstants {
/**
* the Wylie for bindu/anusvara
*/
	public static final char BINDU = 'M';
/**
* the Wylie for tsheg
*/
	public static final char TSHEG = ' '; //this character occurs in all ten TMW fonts
/**
* the Wylie for whitespace
*/
	public static final char SPACE = '_'; //this character occurs in all ten TMW fonts
/**
* the Sanskrit stacking separator used in Extended Wylie
*/
	public static final char WYLIE_SANSKRIT_STACKING_KEY = '+';
/**
* the Wylie disambiguating key, as a char
*/
	public static final char WYLIE_DISAMBIGUATING_KEY = '.';
/**
* the Wylie for the invisible 'a' vowel
*/
	public static final String WYLIE_aVOWEL = "a";
/**
* the Wylie for achung
*/
	public static final char ACHUNG_character = '\'';
/**
* the Wylie for achung
*/
	public static final String ACHUNG
        = new String(new char[] { ACHUNG_character });
/**
* the Wylie for the 28th of the 30 consonants, sa:
*/
	public static final String SA = "s";
/**
* the Wylie for the 16th of the 30 consonants, ma:
*/
	public static final String MA = "m";
/**
* the Wylie for the 4th of the 30 consonants, nga:
*/
	public static final String NGA = "ng";
/**
* the Wylie for achen
*/
	public static final String ACHEN = "a";
/**
* the Wylie for gigu
*/
	public static final String i_VOWEL = "i";
/**
* the Wylie for zhebju
*/
	public static final String u_VOWEL = "u";
/**
* the Wylie for drengbu
*/
	public static final String e_VOWEL = "e";
/**
* the Wylie for naro
*/
	public static final String o_VOWEL = "o";
/**
* the Wylie for double drengbu
*/
	public static final String ai_VOWEL = "ai";
/**
* the Wylie for double naro
*/
	public static final String au_VOWEL = "au";
/**
* the Wylie for the subscript achung vowel
*/
	public static final String A_VOWEL = "A";
/**
* the Wylie for log yig gigu
*/
	public static final String reverse_i_VOWEL = "-i";
/**
* the Wylie for the vowel achung + gigu
*/
	public static final String I_VOWEL = "I";
/**
* the Wylie for the vowel achung + zhebju
*/
	public static final String U_VOWEL = "U";
/**
* the Wylie for the vowel achung + log yig gigu
*/
	public static final String reverse_I_VOWEL = "-I";
}