Dear list members,<div><br></div><div>I've recently drawn up a short document in Ge`ez (classical Ethiopic) using Polyglossia and I see that the hyphenation is wrong. As some of you know, languages that use the Ethiopic script, including Ge`ez and Amharic, place a word divider—it looks somewhat like a thick colon—between each word and two of these dividers side by side between sentences; see some Amharic examples <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=r87yh5z66TEC&printsec=frontcover&dq=amharic&hl=en&ei=U7TSTIX-Ds2r8AaT6LxF&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=book-thumbnail&resnum=6&ved=0CEwQ6wEwBQ#v=onepage&q&f=false">here</a>. That being the case, a word may be broken at any syllable (the script is a syllabary, not an alphabet) at the end of a line, but there is nothing corresponding to a hyphen. An additional matter of importance is that no line should begin with the single or double word divider. How should this be fixed?</div>
<div><br></div><div>Here is a minimal example:</div><div><br></div><div><div>\documentclass[12pt]{article}</div><div><br></div><div>\usepackage{fontspec}</div><div>\usepackage{polyglossia}</div><div><br></div><div>\setmainlanguage{english}</div>
<div>\setotherlanguage{amharic}</div><div><br></div><div>\newfontfamily\amharicfont[Script = Ethiopic, Scale = 1.3]{Abyssinica SIL}</div><div><br></div><div>\begin{document}</div><div><br></div><div>\title{Sample in Gǝ`ǝz}</div>
<div>\maketitle</div><div><br></div><div>\begin{amharic}</div><div>እስመ ፡ አግዚአብሔር ፡ አምላክ ፡ ማእምር ፡ ውእቱ ። እግዚአብሔር ፡ አስተደወ ፡ መንብሮ ። ወአድከመ ፡ ቅሥተ ፡ ኀያላን ። ወአቅነቶሙ ፡ ኀይለ ፡ ለድኩማን ። ጽጉማን ፡ እክል ፡ ርኅቡ ። ወርኁባን ፡ ጸግቡ ። እስመ ፡ መካን ፡ ወለደት ፡ ሰብዐተ ፡ ወወለድሰ ፡ ስእነት ፡ ወሊደ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ይቀትል ፡ ወየሐዩ ። ያወርድኒ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ሲእል ፡ ወየዐርግ ። እግዚአብሔር ፡ ያነዲ ፡ ወያብዕል ። ያኀስርሂ ፡ ወያከብር ፡ ዘያነሥኦ ፡ እምድር ፡ ለነዳይ ። ከመ ፡ ያንብሮ ፡ ምስለ ፡ ዓበይ[ተ] ።</div>
<div>\end{amharic}</div><div><br></div><div>\end{document}</div></div><div><br></div><div>With many thanks in advance for the help,</div><div><br></div><div><div id="AppleMailSignature" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">
<div>Adam McCollum, Ph.D.</div><div>Lead Cataloger, Eastern Christian Manuscripts</div><div>Hill Museum & Manuscript Library</div><div>Saint John's University</div><div>P.O. Box 7300</div><div>Collegeville, MN 56321</div>
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