Glagolitic (Unicode block)

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Glagolitic
RangeU+2C00..U+2C5F
(96 code points)
Plane BMP
Scripts Glagolitic
Major alphabetsOld Slavonic
Assigned94 code points
Unused2 reserved code points
Unicode version history
4.194 (+94)
Note: [1] [2]

Glagolitic is a Unicode block containing the characters invented by Saint Cyril for translating scripture into Slavonic. Glagolitic script is the precursor of Cyrillic.

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".

Glagolitic script oldest known Slavic alphabet

The Glagolitic script is the oldest known Slavic alphabet. It is generally agreed to have been created in the 9th century by Saint Cyril, a Byzantine monk from Thessaloniki. He and his brother, Saint Methodius, were sent by the Byzantine Emperor Michael III in 863 to Great Moravia to spread Christianity among the West Slavs in the area. The brothers decided to translate liturgical books into the Old Slavic language that was understandable to the general population, but as the words of that language could not be easily written by using either the Greek or Latin alphabets, Cyril decided to invent a new script, Glagolitic, which he based on the local dialect of the Slavic tribes from the Byzantine theme of Thessalonica.

Contents

Block

Glagolitic [1] [2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
 0123456789ABCDEF
U+2C0xⰀⰁⰂⰃⰄⰅⰆⰇⰈⰉⰊⰋⰌⰍⰎⰏ
U+2C1xⰐⰑⰒⰓⰔⰕⰖⰗⰘⰙⰚⰛⰜⰝⰞⰟ
U+2C2xⰠⰡⰢⰣⰤⰥⰦⰧⰨⰩⰪⰫⰬⰭⰮ
U+2C3xⰰⰱⰲⰳⰴⰵⰶⰷⰸⰹⰺⰻⰼⰽⰾⰿ
U+2C4xⱀⱁⱂⱃⱄⱅⱆⱇⱈⱉⱊⱋⱌⱍⱎⱏ
U+2C5xⱐⱑⱒⱓⱔⱕⱖⱗⱘⱙⱚⱛⱜⱝⱞ
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 Glagolitic block:

Version Final code points [lower-alpha 1] Count L2  ID WG2  IDDocument
4.1U+2C00..2C2E, 2C30..2C5E94 L2/98-190 Glagolitic coded character set for bibliographic information interchange, 1996-12-15
L2/98-023 N1659 Everson, Michael (1997-12-08), Proposal to encode Glagolitic in ISO/IEC 10646
L2/98-070 Aliprand, Joan; Winkler, Arnold, "3.A.2. item d. Glagolitic", 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), "8.9.3", Unconfirmed Meeting Minutes, WG 2 Meeting #34, Redmond, WA, USA; 1998-03-16--20
L2/99-012 N1931 Everson, Michael (1998-11-24), Revised proposal for encoding the Glagolitic script in the UCS
L2/99-054R Aliprand, Joan (1999-06-21), "Glagolitic Script", Approved Minutes from the UTC/L2 meeting in Palo Alto, February 3-5, 1999
L2/02-190 Wissink, Cathy (2002-04-22), Glagolitic Character Set
L2/02-448 N2555 Everson, Michael; Cleminson, Ralph (2002-12-04), Revised proposal for encoding the Glagolitic script in the UCS
L2/03-282R N2610R Everson, Michael; Cleminson, Ralph (2003-09-04), Final proposal for encoding the Glagolitic script in the UCS
L2/04-052 Cleminson, Ralph (2004-01-16), Letter from Ralph Cleminson about Glagolitic encoding
L2/04-051 Anderson, Deborah (2004-01-29), Comments on 2619R Final Glagolitic proposal
  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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