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Javanese (Unicode block)

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Javanese
RangeU+A980..U+A9DF
(96 code points)
PlaneBMP
ScriptsJavanese (90 char.)
Common (1 char.)
Major alphabetsAksara Jawa
Assigned91 code points
Unused5 reserved code points
Unicode version history
5.2 (2009)91 (+91)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: [1][2]

Template:Javanese script

Javanese is a Unicode block containing aksara Jawa characters traditionally used for writing the Javanese language. The Javanese script was added to the Unicode Standard in October 2009 with the release of version 5.2.

Block

The Unicode block for Javanese is U+A980–U+A9DF. There are 91 codepoints for Javanese script: 53 letters, 19 punctuation marks, 10 numbers, and 9 vowels:

Javanese[1][2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
U+A98x
U+A99x
U+A9Ax
U+A9Bx ꦿ
U+A9Cx
U+A9Dx
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 16.0
2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

History

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

Version Final code points[a] Count L2 ID WG2 ID Document
5.2 U+A980..A9CD, A9CF..A9D9, A9DE..A9DF 91 L2/98-041 Hellingman, Jeroen (1997-05-19), Javanese Proposal
L2/06-080 Sayoga, Teguh Budi (2006-03-13), Proposal for encoding the Javanese Script in the UCS (A900-A97F)
L2/07-232R2 N3292R2 Everson, Michael (2007-07-31), Preliminary proposal for encoding the Javanese script in the UCS
L2/07-237 Pentzlin, Karl (2007-07-31), Comment on L2/07-232 - Suggestion to encode Javanese in the SMP
L2/07-248 Anderson, Deborah (2007-08-01), Re L2/07-237 Comment on L2/07-232 Suggestion to encode Javanese in the SMP
L2/07-295 N3319R Everson, Michael (2007-09-11), Proposal for encoding the Javanese script in the UCS
L2/07-298 N3329 Everson, Michael (2007-09-11), Javanese government support for encoding the Javanese script
L2/08-015R N3319R3 Proposal for encoding the Javanese script in the UCS, 2008-03-06
L2/09-122 N3613 Anderson, Deborah (2009-04-10), Name correction for FPDAM 6: Javanese A9C0 JAVANESE PANGKON
L2/09-350 Whistler, Ken (2009-10-21), Property Correction for U+A9B3 Javanese Sign Cecak Telu
  1. ^ Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

See also

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.