Details about hyphenation in Adlam
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Description
From https://github.com/w3c/afrlreq/issues/2#issuecomment-664089616 we learned that
In Adlam, words longer than 2 syllables can be broken using hyphenation.
On the Web, paragraph widths and the content of lines is always changing due to the width of the device used, or the sizing of a window. This means that automatic hyphenation is particularly useful, so that the line-breaking can adapt to handle whatever word appears at the line end.
Is there any Web browser that does automatic hyphenation of Adlam script text?
How much of an issue would you say it is for Fula authors not to have automatic hyphenation? Does it significantly affect everyday authoring and reading on the Web? Or is it mostly an issue for advanced typographic layout, such as is found in carefully typeset magazines, ebooks, etc?
Also, what are the potential break-points for hyphenation, besides the 2 syllable rule. For example:
a. can a word be hyphenated before any letter that won't fit on the line, eg.

b. do the break-points have to occur between syllable boundaries, and can they appear before any syllable boundary?

c. do the break-points only occur at morphological boundaries, or following special orthographic rules?
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing the linked afrlreq issue comment and the questions about Adlam and Fula hyphenation. Determine the relevant break-point rules and browser support, then document whether automatic hyphenation is needed and what constraints apply to Web authors.
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Assessment
- Domain
- internationalization
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100