Inscriptional Pahlavi (Unicode block)

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Inscriptional Pahlavi
RangeU+10B60..U+10B7F
(32 code points)
Plane SMP
Scripts Inscriptional Pahlavi
Major alphabetsMiddle Persian monumental
Assigned27 code points
Unused5 reserved code points
Unicode version history
5.227 (+27)
Note: [1] [2]

Inscriptional Pahlavi is a Unicode block containing monumental inscription characters for writing Middle Persian.

Inscriptional Pahlavi [1] [2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
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U+10B6x𐭠𐭡𐭢𐭣𐭤𐭥𐭦𐭧𐭨𐭩𐭪𐭫𐭬𐭭𐭮𐭯
U+10B7x𐭰𐭱𐭲𐭸𐭹𐭺𐭻𐭼𐭽𐭾𐭿
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 Inscriptional Pahlavi block:

Version Final code points [lower-alpha 1] Count L2  ID WG2  IDDocument
5.2U+10B60..10B72, 10B78..10B7F27 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), "Inscriptional Alphabets (Middle Persian, Parthian) and Sogdian vs. Aramaic", 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
L2/02-449 N2556 Everson, Michael (2002-12-04), Revised proposal to encode the Avestan and Pahlavi script in the UCS
L2/07-102 N3241 Everson, Michael (2007-04-12), Proposal for encoding the Parthian, Inscriptional Pahlavi, and Psalter Pahlavi scripts in the BMP of the UCS
N3353 (pdf, doc)Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2007-10-10), "M51.16", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 51 Hanzhou, China; 2007-04-24/27
L2/07-268 N3253 (pdf, doc)Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2007-07-26), "8.17", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 50, Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany; 2007-04-24/27
L2/07-225 Moore, Lisa (2007-08-21), "C.8", UTC #112 Minutes
L2/07-207R N3286R Everson, Michael; Pournader, Roozbeh (2007-08-24), Proposal for encoding the Inscriptional Parthian, Inscriptional Pahlavi, and Psalter Pahlavi scripts in the SMP of the UCS
  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.