Manichaean (Unicode block)

Manichaean is a Unicode block containing characters historically used for writing Sogdian, Parthian, and the dialects of Fars.[3]

Manichaean
RangeU+10AC0..U+10AFF
(64 code points)
PlaneSMP
ScriptsManichaean
Major alphabetsSogdian, Parthian, Fars
Assigned51 code points
Unused13 reserved code points
Unicode version history
7.051 (+51)
Note: [1][2]

Block
Manichaean[1][2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
 0123456789ABCDEF
U+10ACx 𐫀 𐫁 𐫂 𐫃 𐫄 𐫅 𐫆 𐫇 𐫈 𐫉 𐫊 𐫋 𐫌 𐫍 𐫎 𐫏
U+10ADx 𐫐 𐫑 𐫒 𐫓 𐫔 𐫕 𐫖 𐫗 𐫘 𐫙 𐫚 𐫛 𐫜 𐫝 𐫞 𐫟
U+10AEx 𐫠 𐫡 𐫢 𐫣 𐫤 𐫥 𐫦 𐫫 𐫬 𐫭 𐫮 𐫯
U+10AFx 𐫰 𐫱 𐫲 𐫳 𐫴 𐫵 𐫶
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 13.0
2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

The block has five variation sequences defined for standardized variants.[4] They use U+FE00 VARIATION SELECTOR-1 (VS1) to denote alternate letter forms:[3]

Variation sequences for alternate forms
U+10AC510AC610AD610AD710AE1
base code point𐫅𐫆𐫖𐫗𐫡
base + VS01𐫅︀𐫆︀𐫖︀𐫗︀𐫡︀

History

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

VersionFinal code points[lower-alpha 1]CountL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
7.0U+10AC0..10AE6, 10AEB..10AF651L2/00-128Bunz, Carl-Martin (2000-03-01), Scripts from the Past in Future Versions of Unicode
L2/00-153Bunz, Carl-Martin (2000-04-26), Further comments on historic scripts
L2/01-007Bunz, Carl-Martin (2000-12-21), "Manichaean and Christian Sogdian Scripts", Iranianist Meeting Report: Symposium on Encoding Iranian Scripts in Unicode
L2/02-009Bunz, Carl-Martin (2001-11-23), "Manichaean script", 2nd Iranian Meeting Report
L2/03-099N2544Everson, Michael (2002-12-03), Revised proposal to encode the Manichaean script in the UCS
L2/04-292McGowan, Rick (2004-07-20), Manichaean Joining Types and Shaping Behavior
L2/08-025N3378Everson, Michael (2008-01-28), Revised proposal to encode the Manichaean script in the UCS
L2/08-271R2N3486R2Everson, Michael; Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2008-11-01), Proposal for encoding the Manichaean script in the SMP of the UCS
L2/09-284Pournader, Roozbeh; Anderson, Deborah (2009-08-06), Specifying Joining Behavior for Manichaean Aleph
L2/09-186N3644Everson, Michael; Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2009-09-30), Revised proposal for encoding the Manichaean script in the SMP of the UCS
L2/11-123RN4029REverson, Michael; Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond; Pournader, Roozbeh; Afshar, Shervin (2011-05-10), Second revised proposal for encoding the Manichaean script in the SMP of the UCS
L2/11-116Moore, Lisa (2011-05-17), "C.10", UTC #127 / L2 #224 Minutes
N4103"11.10 Manichaean script", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 58, 2012-01-03
L2/14-026Moore, Lisa (2014-02-17), "C.9", UTC #138 Minutes
N4553 (pdf, doc)Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2014-09-16), "M62.02d, M62.02h", Minutes of WG 2 meeting 62 Adobe, San Jose, CA, USA
  1. Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names
gollark: Oh, and I stole ctrl+enter to save too.
gollark: Shift-tab unindents, enter continues a list, and backspace deletes list "header" bits in one go.
gollark: Yep.
gollark: The shortcuts are a bit different but the editor deals with them.
gollark: Of course.

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.
  3. Everson, Michael; Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond; Pournader, Roozbeh; Afshar, Shervin (2011-05-10). "N4029R: Second revised proposal for encoding the Manichaean script in the SMP of the UCS" (PDF). Working Group Document, ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2.
  4. "Unicode Character Database: Standardized Variation Sequences". The Unicode Consortium.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.