Lepcha (Unicode block)

Lepcha
Lepcha
Range	U+1C00..U+1C4F; (80 code points)
Plane	BMP
Scripts	Lepcha
Major alphabets	Lepcha
Assigned	74 code points
Unused	6 reserved code points
Unicode version history
5.1 (2008)	74 (+74)
Unicode documentation
	Code chart ∣ Web page
	Note:

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Lepcha is a Unicode block containing characters for writing the Lepcha language of Sikkim and West Bengal, India.

Lepcha^[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+1C0x	ᰀ‎	ᰁ‎	ᰂ‎	ᰃ‎	ᰄ‎	ᰅ‎	ᰆ‎	ᰇ‎	ᰈ‎	ᰉ‎	ᰊ‎	ᰋ‎	ᰌ‎	ᰍ‎	ᰎ‎	ᰏ‎
U+1C1x	ᰐ‎	ᰑ‎	ᰒ‎	ᰓ‎	ᰔ‎	ᰕ‎	ᰖ‎	ᰗ‎	ᰘ‎	ᰙ‎	ᰚ‎	ᰛ‎	ᰜ‎	ᰝ‎	ᰞ‎	ᰟ‎
U+1C2x	ᰠ‎	ᰡ‎	ᰢ‎	ᰣ‎	ᰤ‎	ᰥ‎	ᰦ‎	ᰧ‎	ᰨ‎	ᰩ‎	ᰪ‎	ᰫ‎	ᰬ‎	ᰭ‎	ᰮ‎	ᰯ‎
U+1C3x	ᰰ‎	ᰱ‎	ᰲ‎	ᰳ‎	ᰴ‎	ᰵ‎	ᰶ‎	᰷‎				᰻‎	᰼‎	᰽‎	᰾‎	᰿‎
U+1C4x	᱀‎	᱁‎	᱂‎	᱃‎	᱄‎	᱅‎	᱆‎	᱇‎	᱈‎	᱉‎				ᱍ‎	ᱎ‎	ᱏ‎
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 Lepcha block:

Version	Final code points^[a]	Count	UTC ID	L2 ID	WG2 ID	Document
5.1	U+1C00..1C37, 1C3B..1C49, 1C4D..1C4F	74	UTC/1991-101			McGowan, Rick (1991-10-24), Róng (Lepcha) block description and chart draft
				L2/99-067		Everson, Michael (1999-02-11), Lepcha script (RÓNG)
				L2/03-253		Kai, Daniel (2003-08-13), Lepcha, Limbu, Syloti, Saurashtra, Tai Le and Bugis Proposals
				L2/03-259		Kai, Daniel (2003-08-13), Introduction to the Lepcha Script
				L2/04-397		Vikas, Om (2004-10-28), Proposal to encode Lepcha
				L2/05-061R		Everson, Michael (2005-02-04), Analysis of Indian proposal to encode Lepcha script in the UCS
				L2/05-158R	N2947R	Everson, Michael (2005-06-15), Proposal for encoding the Lepcha Script in the BMP of the UCS
				L2/05-180		Moore, Lisa (2005-08-17), "Lepcha (C.1)", UTC #104 Minutes
				L2/05-270		Whistler, Ken (2005-09-21), "I. Lepcha /ng/", WG2 Consent Docket (Sophia Antipolis)
					N2953 (pdf, doc)	Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2006-02-16), "7.4.4", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 47, Sophia Antipolis, France; 2005-09-12/15
				L2/06-220		Letter from Government of Sikkim regarding Lepcha Encoding, 2006-05-12
				L2/06-108		Moore, Lisa (2006-05-25), "Consensus 107-C34", UTC #107 Minutes, Accept U+1C35 LEPCHA CONSONANT SIGN KANG for encoding in a future version of the standard.
				L2/06-231		Moore, Lisa (2006-08-17), "C.1", UTC #108 Minutes
				L2/11-305		Priest, Lorna A. (2011-07-27), Lepcha Encoding model feedback
^ Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

References

^ "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
^ "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.

[final-3] Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

[1] "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.

[2] "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.

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