Use of The ZWNJ For Displaying Alternate Forms
In the Indic scripts, insertion of a ZWNJ after a consonant with a halant or before a dependent vowel will prevent the characters from being joined properly. For example,
In Devanagari, the characters क् and ष typically combine to form क्ष, but when a ZWNJ is inserted between them, क्ष (code: क्‌ष) is seen instead.
In Kannada, the characters ನ್ and ನ combine to from ನ್ನ, but when a ZWNJ is inserted between them, ನ್ನ would be seen. This style is typically used to write non-Kannada words in Kannada script. Ex: Facebook is written as ಫೇಸ್ಬುಕ್, though it can be written as ಫೇಸ್ಬುಕ್.
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