| Mahajani | |
|---|---|
| Range | U+11150..U+1117F (48 code points) |
| Plane | SMP |
| Scripts | Mahajani |
| Assigned | 39 code points |
| Unused | 9 reserved code points |
| Unicode version history | |
| 7.0 | 39 (+39) |
| Note: [1] [2] | |
Mahajani is a Unicode block containing characters historically used for writing Punjabi and Marwari. [3]
A Unicode block is one of several contiguous ranges of numeric character codes of the Unicode character set that are defined by the Unicode Consortium for administrative and documentation purposes. Typically, proposals such as the addition of new glyphs are discussed and evaluated by considering the relevant block or blocks as a whole.
| Mahajani [1] [2] Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF) | ||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F | |
| U+1115x | 𑅐 | 𑅑 | 𑅒 | 𑅓 | 𑅔 | 𑅕 | 𑅖 | 𑅗 | 𑅘 | 𑅙 | 𑅚 | 𑅛 | 𑅜 | 𑅝 | 𑅞 | 𑅟 |
| U+1116x | 𑅠 | 𑅡 | 𑅢 | 𑅣 | 𑅤 | 𑅥 | 𑅦 | 𑅧 | 𑅨 | 𑅩 | 𑅪 | 𑅫 | 𑅬 | 𑅭 | 𑅮 | 𑅯 |
| U+1117x | 𑅰 | 𑅱 | 𑅲 | 𑅳 | 𑅴 | 𑅵 | 𑅶 | |||||||||
| Notes | ||||||||||||||||
The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Mahajani block:
| Version | Final code points [lower-alpha 1] | Count | L2 ID | WG2 ID | Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.0 | U+11150..11176 | 39 | L2/10-377 | N3930 | Pandey, Anshuman (2010-10-06), Preliminary proposal to encode Mahajani in ISO/IEC 10646 |
| L2/10-440 | Anderson, Deborah; McGowan, Rick; Whistler, Ken (2010-10-27), "7. Mahajani", Review of Indic-related L2 documents and Recommendations to the UTC | ||||
| L2/11-274 | N4126 | Pandey, Anshuman (2011-07-12), Proposal to Encode the Mahajani Script in ISO/IEC 10646 | |||
| L2/11-298 | Anderson, Deborah; McGowan, Rick; Whistler, Ken (2011-07-27), "2. Mahajani", South Asian subcommittee report | ||||
| L2/11-261R2 | Moore, Lisa (2011-08-16), "D.3", UTC #128 / L2 #225 Minutes | ||||
| L2/11-330 | N4181 | Anderson, Deborah (2011-11-04), Proposed Additions to ISO/IEC 10646 | |||
| N4253 (pdf, doc) | "M59.08", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 59, 2012-09-12 | ||||
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