| Avestan | |
|---|---|
| Range | U+10B00..U+10B3F (64 code points) |
| Plane | SMP |
| Scripts | Avestan |
| Major alphabets | Pazand |
| Assigned | 61 code points |
| Unused | 3 reserved code points |
| Unicode version history | |
| 5.2 | 61 (+61) |
| Note: [1] [2] | |
Avestan is a Unicode block containing characters devised for recording the Zoroastrian religious texts, Avesta, and was used to write the Middle Persian, or Pazand language.
| Avestan [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+10B0x | 𐬀 | 𐬁 | 𐬂 | 𐬃 | 𐬄 | 𐬅 | 𐬆 | 𐬇 | 𐬈 | 𐬉 | 𐬊 | 𐬋 | 𐬌 | 𐬍 | 𐬎 | 𐬏 |
| U+10B1x | 𐬐 | 𐬑 | 𐬒 | 𐬓 | 𐬔 | 𐬕 | 𐬖 | 𐬗 | 𐬘 | 𐬙 | 𐬚 | 𐬛 | 𐬜 | 𐬝 | 𐬞 | 𐬟 |
| U+10B2x | 𐬠 | 𐬡 | 𐬢 | 𐬣 | 𐬤 | 𐬥 | 𐬦 | 𐬧 | 𐬨 | 𐬩 | 𐬪 | 𐬫 | 𐬬 | 𐬭 | 𐬮 | 𐬯 |
| U+10B3x | 𐬰 | 𐬱 | 𐬲 | 𐬳 | 𐬴 | 𐬵 | 𐬹 | 𐬺 | 𐬻 | 𐬼 | 𐬽 | 𐬾 | 𐬿 | |||
| Notes | ||||||||||||||||
The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Avestan block:
| Version | Final code points [lower-alpha 1] | Count | L2 ID | WG2 ID | Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.2 | U+10B00..10B35, 10B39..10B3F | 61 | L2/98-031 | N1684 | Everson, Michael (1998-01-18), Proposal to encode Avestan in the BMP of ISO/IEC 10646 |
| L2/98-070 | Aliprand, Joan; Winkler, Arnold, "3.A.3. item a. Avestan", Minutes of the joint UTC and L2 meeting from the meeting in Cupertino, February 25-27, 1998 | ||||
| L2/98-286 | N1703 | Umamaheswaran, V. S.; Ksar, Mike (1998-07-02), "8.9.4", Unconfirmed Meeting Minutes, WG 2 Meeting #34, Redmond, WA, USA; 1998-03-16--20 | |||
| L2/00-128 | Bunz, Carl-Martin (2000-03-01), Scripts from the Past in Future Versions of Unicode | ||||
| L2/01-007 | Bunz, Carl-Martin (2000-12-21), "Avestan", Iranianist Meeting Report: Symposium on Encoding Iranian Scripts in Unicode | ||||
| L2/02-009 | Bunz, Carl-Martin (2001-11-23), "Avestan and Pahlavi scripts", 2nd Iranian Meeting Report | ||||
| L2/02-450 | Gippert, Jost (2002-11-29), 3rd Iranian Unicode Conference: Conference material (29-11-2002) | ||||
| L2/02-449 | N2556 | Everson, Michael (2002-12-04), Revised proposal to encode the Avestan and Pahlavi script in the UCS | |||
| L2/06-335 | N3178 | Everson, Michael; Pournader, Roozbeh (2006-10-20), Proposal to encode the Avestan script in the BMP of the UCS | |||
| L2/06-375 | Gippert, Jost (2006-11-06), Note from Jost Gippert to Deborah Anderson in support of Avestan | ||||
| L2/07-004 | N3193 | Everson, Michael; Baker, Peter; Dohnicht, Marcus; Emiliano, António; Haugen, Odd Einar; Pedro, Susana; Perry, David J.; Pournader, Roozbeh (2007-01-09), Proposal to add Medievalist and Iranianist punctuation characters to the UCS | |||
| L2/07-015 | Moore, Lisa (2007-02-08), "Consensus 110-C30", UTC #110 Minutes | ||||
| L2/07-006R | N3197R | Everson, Michael; Pournader, Roozbeh (2007-03-22), Revised proposal to encode the Avestan script in the SMP of the UCS | |||
| L2/07-268 | N3253 (pdf, doc) | Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2007-07-26), "M50.35", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 50, Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany; 2007-04-24/27 | |||
| L2/07-304 | N3336 | Anderson, Deborah (2007-09-13), Comments on the Avestan Separation Point | |||
| L2/08-088 | N3443 | Anderson, Deborah (2008-01-28), Additional Comments on the Avestan Separation Point | |||
| L2/08-173 | N3444 | Anderson, Deborah (2008-04-13), Expert Feedback on AVESTAN SEPARATION POINT | |||
| L2/08-155 | Anderson, Deborah (2008-04-14), Expert Feedback on Avestan Separation Point by Profs. Skjaervo, Jamison, and Watkins | ||||
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