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Ahom (Unicode block)

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Ahom
RangeU+11700..U+1173F
(64 code points)
PlaneSMP
ScriptsAhom
Major alphabetsAhom
Assigned58 code points
Unused6 reserved code points
Unicode version history
8.0 (2015)57 (+57)
11.0 (2018)58 (+1)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: [1][2]

Ahom is a Unicode block containing characters used for writing the Ahom alphabet, which was used to write the Ahom language spoken by the Ahom people in Assam between the 13th and the 18th centuries.[3]

Ahom[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+1170x 𑜀 𑜁 𑜂 𑜃 𑜄 𑜅 𑜆 𑜇 𑜈 𑜉 𑜊 𑜋 𑜌 𑜍 𑜎 𑜏
U+1171x 𑜐 𑜑 𑜒 𑜓 𑜔 𑜕 𑜖 𑜗 𑜘 𑜙 𑜚 𑜝 𑜞 𑜟
U+1172x 𑜠 𑜡 𑜢 𑜣 𑜤 𑜥 𑜦 𑜧 𑜨 𑜩 𑜪 𑜫
U+1173x 𑜰 𑜱 𑜲 𑜳 𑜴 𑜵 𑜶 𑜷 𑜸 𑜹 𑜺 𑜻 𑜼 𑜽 𑜾 𑜿
U+1174x 𑝀 𑝁 𑝂 𑝃 𑝄 𑝅 𑝆
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 Ahom block:

Version Final code points[a] Count L2 ID WG2 ID Document
8.0 U+11700..11719, 1171D..1172B, 11730..1173F 57 L2/10-359 N3928 Hosken, Martin; Morey, Stephen (2010-09-17), Preliminary Proposal to add the Ahom Script in the SMP of the UCS
L2/12-222 N4290 Hosken, Martin; Morey, Stephen (2012-07-02), Proposal to add the Ahom Script in the SMP of the UCS
L2/12-309R N4321R Hosken, Martin (2012-10-23), Revised Proposal to add the Ahom Script in the SMP of the UCS
11.0 U+1171A 1 L2/15-272 N4321R Hosken, Martin; Morey, Stephen (2015-10-26), Proposal to add one extra character to the Ahom Block
L2/15-254 Moore, Lisa (2015-11-16), "D.13", UTC #145 Minutes
  1. ^ Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

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. ^ Hosken, Martin; Morey, Stephen (2012-10-23). "N4321R: Revised Proposal to add the Ahom Script in the SMP of the UCS" (PDF). Working Group Document, ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2.