Avestan (Unicode block)

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 (2009)	61 (+61)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
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)

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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 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 Avestan block:

Version	Final code points [a]	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
Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

References

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.