Lycian (Unicode block)

Last updated
Lycian
RangeU+10280..U+1029F
(32 code points)
Plane SMP
Scripts Lycian
Major alphabetsLycian
Assigned29 code points
Unused3 reserved code points
Unicode version history
5.129 (+29)
Note: [1] [2]

Lycian is a Unicode block containing characters for writing the ancient Lycian language in Anatolia.

Lycian [1] [2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
 0123456789ABCDEF
U+1028x𐊀𐊁𐊂𐊃𐊄𐊅𐊆𐊇𐊈𐊉𐊊𐊋𐊌𐊍𐊎𐊏
U+1029x𐊐𐊑𐊒𐊓𐊔𐊕𐊖𐊗𐊘𐊙𐊚𐊛𐊜
Notes
  1. ^ As of Unicode version 13.0
  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 Lycian block:

Version Final code points [lower-alpha 1] Count L2  ID WG2  IDDocument
5.1U+10280..1029C29 L2/00-128 Bunz, Carl-Martin (2000-03-01), Scripts from the Past in Future Versions of Unicode
L2/00-153 Bunz, Carl-Martin (2000-04-26), Further comments on historic scripts
L2/05-101 N2939 Everson, Michael (2005-04-27), Proposal for encoding the Lycian script in the UCS
L2/05-241 Everson, Michael (2005-08-31), Old Anatolian scripts
L2/05-380 N3109REverson, Michael (2006-01-12), Proposal to encode the Lycian and Lydian scripts
L2/06-050 N3019R2 Everson, Michael (2006-02-05), Proposal to encode the Lycian and Lydian scripts in the SMP of the UCS
L2/06-008R2 Moore, Lisa (2006-02-13), "C.1", UTC #106 Minutes
N2953 (pdf, doc)Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2006-02-16), "7.4.2", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 47, Sophia Antipolis, France; 2005-09-12/15
N3103 (pdf, doc)Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2006-08-25), "M48.6", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 48, Mountain View, CA, USA; 2006-04-24/27
  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.