Indic Siyaq Numbers (Unicode block)

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Indic Siyaq Numbers
RangeU+1EC70..U+1ECBF
(80 code points)
Plane SMP
Scripts Common
Assigned68 code points
Unused12 reserved code points
Unicode version history
11.0 (2018)68 (+68)
Code chart
Note: [1] [2]

Indic Siyaq Numbers is a Unicode block containing a specialized subset of the Arabic script that was used for accounting in India under the Mughals by the 17th century through the middle of the 20th century. [3] [4]

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Block

Indic Siyaq Numbers [1] [2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
 0123456789ABCDEF
U+1EC7x𞱱𞱲𞱳𞱴𞱵𞱶𞱷𞱸𞱹𞱺𞱻𞱼𞱽𞱾𞱿
U+1EC8x𞲀𞲁𞲂𞲃𞲄𞲅𞲆𞲇𞲈𞲉𞲊𞲋𞲌𞲍𞲎𞲏
U+1EC9x𞲐𞲑𞲒𞲓𞲔𞲕𞲖𞲗𞲘𞲙𞲚𞲛𞲜𞲝𞲞𞲟
U+1ECAx𞲠𞲡𞲢𞲣𞲤𞲥𞲦𞲧𞲨𞲩𞲪𞲫𞲬𞲭𞲮𞲯
U+1ECBx𞲰𞲱𞲲𞲳𞲴
Notes
1. ^ As of Unicode version 14.0
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 Indic Siyaq Numbers block:

Version Final code points [lower-alpha 1] Count L2  ID WG2  IDDocument
11.0U+1EC71..1ECB468 L2/07-414 Pandey, Anshuman (2007-12-04), Proposal to Encode Siyaq Numerals
L2/09-166 N4118 Pandey, Anshuman (2009-05-02), A Model for Encoding Numerals of the Ottoman Siyaq System
L2/11-270 N4123 Pandey, Anshuman (2011-07-13), Preliminary Proposal to Encode Indic Siyaq Numbers
L2/15-149 Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; McGowan, Rick; Pournader, Roozbeh; Pandey, Anshuman; Glass, Andrew (2015-05-03), "19. Indic Siyaq Numbers", Recommendations to UTC #143 May 2015 on Script Proposals
L2/15-312 Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; McGowan, Rick; Pournader, Roozbeh; Glass, Andrew; Iancu, Laurențiu (2015-11-01), "11. Siyaq", Recommendations to UTC #145 November 2015 on Script Proposals
L2/15-121R2 Pandey, Anshuman (2015-11-05), Proposal to Encode Indic Siyaq Numbers
L2/15-254 Moore, Lisa (2015-11-16), "D.15", UTC #145 Minutes
L2/16-121 Moore, Lisa (2016-05-20), "D.11.3", UTC #147 Minutes
L2/19-047 Anderson, Deborah; et al. (2019-01-13), "22", Recommendations to UTC #158 January 2019 on Script Proposals
  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 2018-06-07.
  2. "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2018-06-07.
  3. Pandey, Anshuman (2015-11-05). "L2/15-121R2: Proposal to Encode Indic Siyaq Numbers" (PDF).
  4. "Chapter 22: Symbols". The Unicode Standard, Version 11.0 (PDF). Mountain View, CA: Unicode, Inc. June 2018. ISBN   978-1-936213-19-1.