Mandaic (Unicode block)

Mandaic is a Unicode block containing characters of the Mandaic script used for writing the historic Eastern Aramaic, also called Classical Mandaic, and the modern Neo-Mandaic language.

Mandaic[1][2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
 0123456789ABCDEF
U+084x
U+085x
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 13.0
2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points
Mandaic
RangeU+0840..U+085F
(32 code points)
PlaneBMP
ScriptsMandaic
Major alphabetsEastern Aramaic
Modern Mandaic
Assigned29 code points
Unused3 reserved code points
Unicode version history
6.029 (+29)
Note: [1][2]

History

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

VersionFinal code points[lower-alpha 1]CountL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
6.0U+0840..085B, 085E29L2/07-412N3373Everson, Michael (2008-01-18), Preliminary proposal to encode the Mandaic script in the BMP of the UCS
L2/08-270RN3485REverson, Michael; Richmond, Bob (2008-08-04), Proposal for encoding the Mandaic script in the BMP of the UCS
L2/08-253R2Moore, Lisa (2008-08-19), "Mandaic (B.15.1, C.11)", UTC #116 Minutes
L2/08-412N3553 (pdf, doc)Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2008-11-05), "M53.20", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 53
L2/10-413Pournader, Roozbeh (2010-10-15), Joining types for Mandaic
L2/10-427McGowan, Rick (2010-10-27), "ScriptExtensions.txt to mention Mandaic for U+0640 ARABIC TATWEEL", Comments on Public Review Issues (August 3, 2010 - October 27, 2010)
L2/10-416RMoore, Lisa (2010-11-09), "Properties — Joining types for Mandaic", UTC #125 / L2 #222 Minutes
L2/14-194Anderson, Deborah (2014-08-04), Feedback on Mandaic Shaping
L2/14-177Moore, Lisa (2014-10-17), "Feedback on Mandaic Shaping (B.14.3)", UTC #140 Minutes
L2/20-044Al-Sabti, Ardwan (2019-12-25), The Non-Joining U+0858 in the Mandaic Unicode Standard
L2/20-043Al-Sabti, Ardwan (2020-01-03), The Non-Joining U+0856 in the Mandaic Unicode Standard
L2/20-046Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Moore, Lisa; Liang, Hai (2020-01-10), "5. Mandaic", Recommendations to UTC #162 January 2020 on Script Proposals
L2/20-049Al-Sabti, Ardwan (2020-01-10), Mandaic KAD
L2/20-015Moore, Lisa (2020-01-23), "C.11.1, C.11.2, and C.11.3", Draft Minutes of UTC Meeting 162
  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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