2 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/mbgl/util/i18n.cpp b/src/mbgl/util/i18n.cpp
index 716481734e..885c8ec3d1 100644
--- a/src/mbgl/util/i18n.cpp
+++ b/src/mbgl/util/i18n.cpp
@@ -643,6 +643,14 @@ bool isStringInSupportedScript(const std::string& input) {
     return true;
 }
 
+bool isCharInComplexShapingScript(char16_t chr) {
+    return isInArabic(chr) ||
+           isInArabicSupplement(chr) ||
+           isInArabicExtendedA(chr) ||
+           isInArabicPresentationFormsA(chr) ||
+           isInArabicPresentationFormsB(chr);
+}
+
 bool isWhitespace(char16_t chr) {
     return chr == u' ' || chr == u'\t' || chr == u'\n' || chr == u'\v' || chr == u'\f' || chr == u'\r';
 }
diff --git a/src/mbgl/util/i18n.hpp b/src/mbgl/util/i18n.hpp
index c7544f443b..7e75aa06f7 100644
--- a/src/mbgl/util/i18n.hpp
+++ b/src/mbgl/util/i18n.hpp
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ char16_t verticalizePunctuation(char16_t chr);
     
 bool isStringInSupportedScript(const std::string& input);
 
+bool isCharInComplexShapingScript(char16_t chr);
+
 bool isWhitespace(char16_t chr);
 
 } // namespace i18n