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Cherokee (Unicode block)

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Cherokee
RangeU+13A0..U+13FF
(96 code points)
PlaneBMP
ScriptsCherokee
Major alphabetsCherokee
Assigned92 code points
Unused4 reserved code points
Unicode version history
3.0 (1999)85 (+85)
8.0 (2015)92 (+7)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: [1][2]

Cherokee is a Unicode block containing the syllabic characters for writing the Cherokee language. When Cherokee was first added to Unicode in version 3.0 it was treated as a unicameral alphabet, but in version 8.0 it was redefined as a bicameral script. The Cherokee block contains all the uppercase letters plus six lowercase letters. The Cherokee Supplement block contains the rest of the lowercase letters.

Cherokee[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+13Ax
U+13Bx
U+13Cx
U+13Dx
U+13Ex
U+13Fx
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 16.0
2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

History

This page provides table and text descriptions of only Cherokee uppercase, referring to Unicode version 3.0, 2005. As of Unicode version 8.0, 2015 Unicode (and all up-to-date unicode supported devices) provide support for Cherokee uppercase Unicode block U+13A0 to U+13FF and lowercase Unicode block U+AB70 to U+ABBF. For further information, including the complete charter tables with current data approved by Cherokee Nation, kindly visit Wiki Visually.

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

Version Final code points[a] Count UTC ID L2 ID WG2 ID Document
3.0 U+13A0..13F4 85 UTC/1991-102 McGowan, Rick (1991-10-24), Cherokee block description and chart draft
N1172 Everson, Michael (1995-03-14), Proposal for encoding the Cherokee script
UTC/1996-016 Gourd, Charles (1996-03-05), Cherokee Syllabary
UTC/1996-015 Everson, Michael (1996-03-08), Re: Cherokee Nation's ordering
UTC/1996-017 Everson, Michael (1996-03-14), Proposal for encoding the Cherokee script
N1362 Initial comments on encoding Cherokee into ISO/IEC 10646, 1996-04-01
X3L2/96-034 N1356 Suignard, Michel (1996-04-17), US position concerning the referenced proposal to encode the Cherokee script
N1476 Paterson, Bruce (1996-12-09), Draft pDAM 12 - Cherokee
N1596 Summary of Voting on SC 2 N 2807, Combined PDAM Registration and FPDAM ballot: Amendment 12: Cherokee Script, 1997-06-17
N1799 Table of Replies on 10646-1/FDAM 12: Cherokee, 1998-06-12
8.0 U+13F5, 13F8..13FD 7 L2/13-190 N4487 Everson, Michael; Feeling, Durbin (2013-10-24), Proposal for the addition of Cherokee characters
L2/14-064R N4537R Everson, Michael (2014-02-25), Revised proposal for the addition of Cherokee characters
L2/14-187 Whistler, Ken (2014-07-31), Cherokee casing decision may break identifier syntax
L2/15-214 Lunde, Ken (2015-07-30), Phoreus Cherokee type specimen sheet
  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.