Elbasan (Unicode block)

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Elbasan
RangeU+10500..U+1052F
(48 code points)
Plane SMP
Scripts Elbasan
Major alphabets Elbasan
Assigned40 code points
Unused8 reserved code points
Unicode version history
7.040 (+40)
Note: [1] [2]

Elbasan is a Unicode block containing the historic Elbasan characters for writing the Albanian language.

A Unicode block is one of several contiguous ranges of numeric character codes of the Unicode character set that are defined by the Unicode Consortium for administrative and documentation purposes. Typically, proposals such as the addition of new glyphs are discussed and evaluated by considering the relevant block or blocks as a whole.

The Elbasan script is a mid 18th-century alphabetic script used for the Albanian language. It was named after the city of Elbasan, where it was invented, and was used mainly in the area of Elbasan and Berat, and is the oldest original script used to write Albanian. It was created for the "Elbasan Gospel Manuscript", also known as the Anonimi i Elbasanit, which is the primary document associated with it. The document was created at St. Jovan Vladimir's Church in central Albania, but is preserved today at the National Archives of Albania in Tirana. Its 59 pages contain Biblical content written in an alphabet of 40 letters, of which 35 frequently recur and 5 are rare. The name "Papa Totasi" is written on the cover's verso, thus sometimes the script is attributed to him.

Albanian language Indo-European language

Albanian is an Indo-European language spoken by the Albanians in the Balkans and the Albanian diaspora in the Americas, Europe and Oceania. With about 7.5 million speakers, it comprises an independent branch within the Indo-European languages and is not closely related to any other language in Europe.

Elbasan [1] [2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
 0123456789ABCDEF
U+1050x𐔀𐔁𐔂𐔃𐔄𐔅𐔆𐔇𐔈𐔉𐔊𐔋𐔌𐔍𐔎𐔏
U+1051x𐔐𐔑𐔒𐔓𐔔𐔕𐔖𐔗𐔘𐔙𐔚𐔛𐔜𐔝𐔞𐔟
U+1052x𐔠𐔡𐔢𐔣𐔤𐔥𐔦𐔧
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 Elbasan block:

Version Final code points [lower-alpha 1] Count L2  ID WG2  IDDocument
7.0U+10500..1052740 L2/09-328 Anderson, Deborah; Glavy, Jason (2009-11-30), Old Albanian Scripts
L2/10-216 N3856 Everson, Michael; Elsie, Robert (2010-06-23), Preliminary proposal for encoding the Elbasan script in the SMP of the UCS
L2/11-050 N3985 Everson, Michael (2011-02-03), Proposal for encoding the Elbasan script in the SMP of the UCS
L2/11-016 Moore, Lisa (2011-02-15), "C.7", UTC #126 / L2 #223 Minutes
N4103 "11.2.9 Elbasan script", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 58, 2012-01-03
  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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