Cypriot Syllabary (Unicode block)

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Cypriot Syllabary
RangeU+10800..U+1083F
(64 code points)
Plane SMP
Scripts Cypriot
Major alphabetsCypriot Greek
Assigned55 code points
Unused9 reserved code points
Unicode version history
4.055 (+55)
Note: [1] [2]

Cypriot Syllabary is the Unicode block encoding the Cypriot syllabary, a writing system for Greek used in Cyprus from the 9th-3rd centuries BCE.

In Unicode, a block is defined as one contiguous range of code points. Blocks are named uniquely and have no overlap. They have a starting code point of the form hhh0 and an ending code point of the form hhhF. A block explicitly can include code points that are unassigned and non-characters. Code points not belonging to any of the named blocks, e.g. in the unassigned planes 3–13, have the value block="No_block".

Cypriot syllabary writing system

The Cypriot or Cypriote syllabary is a syllabic script used in Iron Age Cyprus, from about the 11th to the 4th centuries BCE, when it was replaced by the Greek alphabet. A pioneer of that change was king Evagoras of Salamis. It is descended from the Cypro-Minoan syllabary, in turn a variant or derivative of Linear A. Most texts using the script are in the Arcadocypriot dialect of Greek, but also one bilingual inscription was found in Amathus.

Ancient Greek Version of the Greek language used from roughly the 9th century BCE to the 6th century CE

The Ancient Greek language includes the forms of Greek used in Ancient Greece and the ancient world from around the 9th century BCE to the 6th century CE. It is often roughly divided into the Archaic period, Classical period, and Hellenistic period. It is antedated in the second millennium BCE by Mycenaean Greek and succeeded by medieval Greek.

Cypriot Syllabary [1] [2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
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U+1080x𐠀𐠁𐠂𐠃𐠄𐠅𐠈𐠊𐠋𐠌𐠍𐠎𐠏
U+1081x𐠐𐠑𐠒𐠓𐠔𐠕𐠖𐠗𐠘𐠙𐠚𐠛𐠜𐠝𐠞𐠟
U+1082x𐠠𐠡𐠢𐠣𐠤𐠥𐠦𐠧𐠨𐠩𐠪𐠫𐠬𐠭𐠮𐠯
U+1083x𐠰𐠱𐠲𐠳𐠴𐠵𐠷𐠸𐠼𐠿
Notes
1. ^ As of Unicode version 12.0
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 Cypriot Syllabary block:

Version Final code points [lower-alpha 1] Count L2  ID WG2  IDDocument
4.0U+10800..10805, 10808, 1080A..10835, 10837..10838, 1083C, 1083F55 L2/97-105 N1575 Jenkins, John H. (1997-05-21), Overview of the Aegean scripts
L2/97-108 Jenkins, John H. (1997-05-22), Proposal to add Cypriot Syllabary to ISO/IEC 10646
L2/97-288 N1603 Umamaheswaran, V. S. (1997-10-24), "8.24.1", Unconfirmed Meeting Minutes, WG 2 Meeting # 33, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, 20 June - 4 July 1997
L2/00-128 Bunz, Carl-Martin (2000-03-01), Scripts from the Past in Future Versions of Unicode
L2/01-084 Anderson, Deborah (2001-01-28), Status Report on Aegean Script Proposal (Linear B, Aegean Numbers and Cypriot Syllabary)
L2/01-149 N2327 Anderson, Deborah; Everson, Michael (2001-04-03), Revised proposal to encode Aegean scripts in the UCS
L2/01-217 Anderson, Deborah (2001-05-20), Status Report on Aegean Script Proposal (Linear B, Aegean Numbers and Cypriot Syllabary)
L2/01-184R Moore, Lisa (2001-06-18), "Motion 87-M4", Minutes from the UTC/L2 meeting
L2/01-370 N2378 Anderson, Deborah; Everson, Michael (2001-10-03), Final proposal to encode Aegean scripts in the UCS
L2/02-154 N2403 Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2002-04-22), "Resolution M41.8", Draft minutes of WG 2 meeting 41, Hotel Phoenix, Singapore, 2001-10-15/19
  1. ↑ Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

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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.
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