Ol Chiki (Unicode block)

Ol Chiki is a Unicode block containing characters of the Ol Chiki, or Ol Cemet' script used for writing the Santali language during the early 20th century.

Ol Chiki[1]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
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U+1C5x
U+1C6x
U+1C7x ᱿
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 13.0
Ol Chiki
RangeU+1C50..U+1C7F
(48 code points)
PlaneBMP
ScriptsOl Chiki
Major alphabetsSantali
Assigned48 code points
Unused0 reserved code points
Unicode version history
5.148 (+48)
Note: [1][2]

History

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

VersionFinal code points[lower-alpha 1]CountL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
5.1U+1C50..1C7F48L2/99-060N1956Everson, Michael (1999-01-29), Proposal for encoding the Ol Cemet' script in the BMP of the UCS
L2/02-422N2505Everson, Michael; Hansdah, R. C.; Murmu, N. C. (2002-11-03), Revised proposal for encoding the Ol Chiki script in the UCS
L2/02-443N2561Raska, Divyendu; Marandi, Archer (2002-11-30), The need and practicalities to encode the ‘Roman Script Santali’ In the universal character set – a protest against efforts to encode the ‘Ol Chiki’ in the universal character set.
L2/02-453N2562Anderson, Deborah (2002-12-03), Response to Divyendu Raska
L2/02-456Anderson, Deborah (2002-12-09), Comments on Ol Chiki/Summary of Report from West Bengal
L2/03-008Raska, Divyendu Tudu (2002-12-16), Letter to Deborah Anderson re Santali
L2/03-007Saren, Jyotsna (2002-12-19), General protest against hindering of OL CHIKI
L2/03-005Anderson, Deborah (2002-12-30), Letter to D. Mardi
L2/03-006Anderson, Deborah (2002-12-30), Letter to Hanuk Hansdak and Ezicheal Hembrom
L2/03-062Anderson, Deborah (2003-02-23), Ol Chiki Correspondence Summary
L2/05-243RN2984REverson, Michael (2005-09-05), Final proposal to encode the Ol Chiki script in the UCS
L2/05-270Whistler, Ken (2005-09-21), "J. Old Chiki", WG2 Consent Docket (Sophia Antipolis)
L2/05-279Moore, Lisa (2005-11-10), "Consensus 105-C31", UTC #105 Minutes
N2953 (pdf, doc)Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2006-02-16), "7.4.14", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 47, Sophia Antipolis, France; 2005-09-12/15
N3075Anderson, Deborah (2006-04-10), Support for Ol Chiki (N2984R =L2/05‐243R)
L2/06-131Anderson, Deborah (2006-04-12), Support for Ol Chiki
  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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