Limbu (Unicode block)

Limbu is a Unicode block containing characters for writing the Limbu language.

Limbu[1][2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
 0123456789ABCDEF
U+190x
U+191x
U+192x
U+193x
U+194x
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 13.0
2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points
Limbu
RangeU+1900..U+194F
(80 code points)
PlaneBMP
ScriptsLimbu
Major alphabetsLimbu
Assigned68 code points
Unused12 reserved code points
Unicode version history
4.066 (+66)
7.068 (+2)
Note: [1][2]

History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Limbu block:

VersionFinal code points[lower-alpha 1]CountL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
4.0U+1900..191C, 1920..192B, 1930..193B, 1940, 1944..194F66L2/99-245N2042Everson, Michael; McGowan, Rick (1999-07-20), Unicode Technical Report #3: Early Aramaic, Balti, Kirat (Limbu), Manipuri (Meitei) and Tai Lü scripts
L2/01-137Michailovsky, Boyd (2001-03-29), Draft proposal: Unicode Coding of the Limbu Script
L2/01-138Michailovsky, Boyd (2001-03-29), Proposal summary form for Limbu
L2/01-231N2339Michailovsky, Boyd (2001-03-29), Proposal to encode Limbu in the BMP
L2/01-139Michailovsky, Boyd (2001-03-30), Printed samples of Limbu Script
L2/01-184RMoore, Lisa (2001-06-18), "Motion 87-M5", Minutes from the UTC/L2 meeting
L2/02-055N2410Michailovsky, Boyd; Everson, Michael (2002-02-05), Revised proposal to encode the Limbu script in the UCS
L2/02-135N2428-1Sato, Takayuki K. (2002-03-25), Comments from Limbu experts on n2339
L2/02-136N2428-2Nembang, Til Bikram; Pokharel, Madhav Prasad; Kurumbang, Dilendra; Limbu, Kumar (2002-04-09), Comments on the "Proposal to encode Limbu in the UCS"
L2/02-137N2428-3Limbu, Kumar (2002-04-09), Limbu Examples
L2/02-154N2403Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2002-04-22), "7.5", Draft minutes of WG 2 meeting 41, Hotel Phoenix, Singapore, 2001-10-15/19
L2/02-070Moore, Lisa (2002-08-26), "Consensus 90-C10", Minutes for UTC #90
L2/03-253Kai, Daniel (2003-08-13), Lepcha, Limbu, Syloti, Saurashtra, Tai Le and Bugis Proposals
L2/03-255Kai, Daniel (2003-08-13), Introduction to the Limbu Script
7.0U+191D..191E2L2/11-008N3975Pandey, Anshuman (2011-01-14), Proposal to Encode the Letters GYAN and TRA for Limbu in the UCS
L2/11-042Anderson, Deborah; McGowan, Rick; Whistler, Ken (2011-02-02), "2. Limbu", Review of Indic related L2 documents and Recommendations to the UTC
L2/11-016Moore, Lisa (2011-02-15), "D.7", UTC #126 / L2 #223 Minutes
N4103"11.2.12 Limbu Letters GYAN and TRA", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 58, 2012-01-03
  1. Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names
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References

  1. "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
  2. "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
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