Latin Extended-F

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Latin Extended-F
RangeU+10780..U+107BF
(64 code points)
Plane SMP
Scripts Latin
Assigned57 code points
Unused7 reserved code points
Unicode version history
14.0 (2021)57 (+57)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: [1] [2]

Latin Extended-F is a Unicode block containing modifier letters, nearly all IPA and extIPA, for phonetic transcription. The Latin Extended-F and -G blocks contain the first Latin characters defined outside of the Basic Multilingual Plane (BMP). They were added to the free Gentium Plus and Andika fonts with version 6.2 in February 2023. Some computers have 𐞃, 𐞎 and 𐞥 supported on the font Calibri.

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In 2020, the International Phonetic Association endorsed the encoding of superscript IPA letters in a proposal to the Unicode Commission for broader coverage of the IPA alphabet. The proposal covered all segmental IPA letters that were not yet supported, including the implicit retroflex letters ꞎ 𝼅 𝼈 ᶑ 𝼊, as well as the two length marks ː ˑ and old-style affricate ligatures. [3] [4] [5] A separate request by the International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association for an expansion of extIPA coverage endorsed superscript variants of all extIPA fricative letters, specifically for the fricative release of consonants. [6]

Block

Latin Extended-F [1] [2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
 0123456789ABCDEF
U+1078x𐞀𐞁𐞂𐞃𐞄𐞅𐞇𐞈𐞉𐞊𐞋𐞌𐞍𐞎𐞏
U+1079x𐞐𐞑𐞒𐞓𐞔𐞕𐞖𐞗𐞘𐞙𐞚𐞛𐞜𐞝𐞞𐞟
U+107Ax𐞠𐞡𐞢𐞣𐞤𐞥𐞦𐞧𐞨𐞩𐞪𐞫𐞬𐞭𐞮𐞯
U+107Bx𐞰𐞲𐞳𐞴𐞵𐞶𐞷𐞸𐞹𐞺
Notes
1. ^ As of Unicode version 16.0
2. ^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

U+10786 and U+107B1 were proposed for superscript and (that is, for Latin variants of U+1D5DMODIFIER LETTER SMALL BETA and U+1D61MODIFIER LETTER SMALL CHI) 𐞆 𐞱 but were not assigned, with the points left reserved. [7] [8]

History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Latin Extended-F block:

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References

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  2. "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  3. Kirk Miller & Michael Ashby, L2/20-252R Unicode request for IPA modifier-letters (a), pulmonic
  4. Kirk Miller & Michael Ashby, L2/20-253R Unicode request for IPA modifier letters (b), non-pulmonic.
  5. Kirk Miller & Michael Ashby, L2/21-040 Addendum to Unicode requests for IPA modifier letters, L2/20-252 pulmonic and L2/20-253 non-pulmonic
  6. Kirk Miller & Martin Ball, L2/20-116R Expansion of the extIPA and VoQS.
  7. Michael Everson and Kirk Miller, Consolidated code chart including proposed phonetic and medieval characters, 2020-01-03
  8. Deborah Anderson, Manish Goregaokar, Jan Kučera, Ken Whistler, Roozbeh Pournader, and Peter Constable, Recommendations to UTC #179 April 2024 on Script Proposals, 2024-04-18