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+UTF-8
+%  Hyphenation for Kannada
+%  Copyright (C) 2008-2009 Santhosh Thottingal <santhosh.thottingal@gmail.com>
+%
+%  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+%  modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
+%  License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
+%  version 3 or later version of the License.
+%
+%  This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+%  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+%  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+%  Lesser General Public License for more details.
+%
+%  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
+%  License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+%  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307  USA
+%
+% GENERAL RULE
+% Do not break either side of ZERO-WIDTH JOINER  (U+200D)
+2‍2
+% Break on both sides of ZERO-WIDTH NON JOINER  (U+200C)
+1‌1
+% Break before or after any independent vowel.
+ಅ1
+ಆ1
+ಇ1
+ಈ1
+ಉ1
+ಊ1
+ಋ1
+ೠ1
+ಌ1
+ೡ1
+ಎ1
+ಏ1
+ಐ1
+ಒ1
+ಓ1
+ಔ1
+% Break after any dependent vowel, but not before.
+ಾ1
+ಿ1
+ೀ1
+ು1
+ೂ1
+ೃ1
+ೄ1
+ೆ1
+ೇ1
+ೈ1
+ೊ1
+ೋ1
+ೌ1
+% Break before or after any consonant.
+1ಕ
+1ಖ
+1ಗ
+1ಘ
+1ಙ
+1ಚ
+1ಛ
+1ಜ
+1ಝ
+1ಞ
+1ಟ
+1ಠ
+1ಡ
+1ಢ
+1ಣ
+1ತ
+1ಥ
+1ದ
+1ಧ
+1ನ
+1ಪ
+1ಫ
+1ಬ
+1ಭ
+1ಮ
+1ಯ
+1ರ
+1ಱ
+1ಲ
+1ಳ
+1ೞ
+1ವ
+1ಶ
+1ಷ
+1ಸ
+1ಹ
+% Do not break before anusvara, visarga, avagraha,
+% length mark and ai length mark.
+2ಂ1
+2ಃ1
+2ಽ1
+2ೕ1
+2ೖ1
+% Do not break either side of virama (may be within conjunct).
+2್2