Tirhuta (Unicode block)

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Tirhuta
RangeU+11480..U+114DF
(96 code points)
Plane SMP
Scripts Tirhuta
Major alphabets Maithili
Assigned82 code points
Unused14 reserved code points
Unicode version history
7.0 (2014)82 (+82)
Chart
Code chart
Note: [1] [2]

Tirhuta is a Unicode block containing characters for Brahmi-derived Tirhuta script which was the primary writing system for Maithili in Bihar, India and Madhesh, Nepal until the 20th century. [3]

Contents

Block

Tirhuta [1] [2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
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U+1148x𑒀𑒁𑒂𑒃𑒄𑒅𑒆𑒇𑒈𑒉𑒊𑒋𑒌𑒍𑒎𑒏
U+1149x𑒐𑒑𑒒𑒓𑒔𑒕𑒖𑒗𑒘𑒙𑒚𑒛𑒜𑒝𑒞𑒟
U+114Ax𑒠𑒡𑒢𑒣𑒤𑒥𑒦𑒧𑒨𑒩𑒪𑒫𑒬𑒭𑒮𑒯
U+114Bx𑒰𑒱𑒲𑒳𑒴𑒵𑒶𑒷𑒸𑒻𑒻𑒼𑒽𑒾𑒿
U+114Cx𑓀𑓁𑓃𑓂𑓄𑓅𑓆𑓇
U+114Dx𑓐𑓑𑓒𑓓𑓔𑓕𑓖𑓗𑓘𑓙
Notes
1. ^ As of Unicode version 15.0
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 Tirhuta block:

Version Final code points [lower-alpha 1] Count L2  ID WG2  IDDocument
7.0U+11480..114C7, 114D0..114D982 L2/06-226 Pandey, Anshuman (2006-06-21), Request to Allocate the Maithili Script in the Unicode Roadmap
L2/09-329 N3765 Pandey, Anshuman (2009-09-30), Towards an Encoding for the Maithili Script in ISO/IEC 10646
L2/11-175R N4035 Pandey, Anshuman (2011-05-05), Proposal to Encode the Tirhuta Script in ISO/IEC 10646
L2/11-116 Moore, Lisa (2011-05-17), "D.9", UTC #127 / L2 #224 Minutes
L2/11-261R2 Moore, Lisa (2011-08-16), "Consensus 128-C35", UTC #128 / L2 #225 Minutes
N4103 "11.1.1 Tirhuta Script (was Maithili)", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 58, 2012-01-03
  1. Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tirhuta script</span> Script of Maithili language

The Tirhuta or Maithili script is the primary historical script for the Maithili language, as well as one of the historical scripts for Sanskrit. It is believed to have originated in the 10th century CE. It is very similar to Bengali–Assamese script, with most consonants being effectively identical in appearance. For the most part, writing in Maithili has switched to the Devanagari script, which is used to write neighboring Central Indic languages to the west and north such as Hindi and Nepali, and the number of people with a working knowledge of Tirhuta has dropped considerably in recent years.

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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.
  3. Pandey, Anshuman (2011-05-05). "N4035: Proposal to Encode the Tirhuta Script in ISO/IEC 10646" (PDF). Working Group Document, ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2.