Medefaidrin (Unicode block)

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Medefaidrin
RangeU+16E40..U+16E9F
(96 code points)
Plane SMP
Scripts Medefaidrin
Assigned91 code points
Unused5 reserved code points
Unicode version history
11.0 (2018)91 (+91)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: [1] [2]

Medefaidrin is a Unicode block containing characters for the constructed script Medefaidrin which is used to write the constructed language of the same name. The Medefaidrin language and script were created as a Christian sacred language by an Ibibio congregation in 1930s Nigeria.

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Block

Medefaidrin [1] [2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
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U+16E4x𖹀‎𖹁‎𖹂‎𖹃‎𖹄‎𖹅‎𖹆‎𖹇‎𖹈‎𖹉‎𖹊‎𖹋‎𖹌‎𖹍‎𖹎‎𖹏‎
U+16E5x𖹐‎𖹑‎𖹒‎𖹓‎𖹔‎𖹕‎𖹖‎𖹗‎𖹘‎𖹙‎𖹚‎𖹛‎𖹜‎𖹝‎𖹞‎𖹟‎
U+16E6x𖹠‎𖹡‎𖹢‎𖹣‎𖹤‎𖹥‎𖹦‎𖹧‎𖹨‎𖹩‎𖹪‎𖹫‎𖹬‎𖹭‎𖹮‎𖹯‎
U+16E7x𖹰‎𖹱‎𖹲‎𖹳‎𖹴‎𖹵‎𖹶‎𖹷‎𖹸‎𖹹‎𖹺‎𖹻‎𖹼‎𖹽‎𖹾‎𖹿‎
U+16E8x𖺀‎𖺁‎𖺂‎𖺃‎𖺄‎𖺅‎𖺆‎𖺇‎𖺈‎𖺉‎𖺊‎𖺋‎𖺌‎𖺍‎𖺎‎𖺏‎
U+16E9x𖺐‎𖺑‎𖺒‎𖺓‎𖺔‎𖺕‎𖺖‎𖺗‎𖺘‎𖺙‎𖺚‎
Notes
1. ^ As of Unicode version 15.1
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 Medefaidrin block:

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References

  1. ↑ "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  2. ↑ "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
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