Adlam (Unicode block)

Adlam is a Unicode block containing characters from the Adlam script, an alphabetic script devised during the late 1980s for writing the Fula language in Guinea, Nigeria, Liberia, and other nearby countries.

Adlam
RangeU+1E900..U+1E95F
(96 code points)
PlaneSMP
ScriptsAdlam
Assigned88 code points
Unused8 reserved code points
Unicode version history
9.087 (+87)
12.088 (+1)
Note: [1][2]

History

In June 2016, Adlam was added to the Unicode Standard with the release of version 9.0.[3]

In October 2017, Google released a Noto font that supports the block, Noto Sans Adlam, although it did not handle prenasalized consonants properly.[4]

On 3 October 2018, Microsoft released an updated Ebrima font to support Adlam alphabet to Windows Insiders as part of the Windows 10 version 1903 feature update, starting from build 18252.[5]

Characters
Adlam[1][2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
 0123456789ABCDEF
U+1E90x ๐žค€ ๐žค ๐žค‚ ๐žคƒ ๐žค„ ๐žค… ๐žค† ๐žค‡ ๐žคˆ ๐žค‰ ๐žคŠ ๐žค‹ ๐žคŒ ๐žค ๐žคŽ ๐žค
U+1E91x ๐žค ๐žค‘ ๐žค’ ๐žค“ ๐žค” ๐žค• ๐žค– ๐žค— ๐žค˜ ๐žค™ ๐žคš ๐žค› ๐žคœ ๐žค ๐žคž ๐žคŸ
U+1E92x ๐žค  ๐žคก ๐žคข ๐žคฃ ๐žคค ๐žคฅ ๐žคฆ ๐žคง ๐žคจ ๐žคฉ ๐žคช ๐žคซ ๐žคฌ ๐žคญ ๐žคฎ ๐žคฏ
U+1E93x ๐žคฐ ๐žคฑ ๐žคฒ ๐žคณ ๐žคด ๐žคต ๐žคถ ๐žคท ๐žคธ ๐žคน ๐žคบ ๐žคป ๐žคผ ๐žคฝ ๐žคพ ๐žคฟ
U+1E94x ๐žฅ€ ๐žฅ ๐žฅ‚ ๐žฅƒ ๐žฅ„ ๐žฅ… ๐žฅ† ๐žฅ‡ ๐žฅˆ ๐žฅ‰ ๐žฅŠ ๐žฅ‹
U+1E95x ๐žฅ ๐žฅ‘ ๐žฅ’ ๐žฅ“ ๐žฅ” ๐žฅ• ๐žฅ– ๐žฅ— ๐žฅ˜ ๐žฅ™ ๐žฅž ๐žฅŸ
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 Adlam block:

VersionFinal code points[lower-alpha 1]CountL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
9.0U+1E900..1E94A, 1E950..1E959, 1E95E..1E95F87L2/13-191N4488Everson, Michael (2013-10-28), Preliminary proposal to encode the Adlam script in the SMP of the UCS
L2/13-210Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; McGowan, Rick; Pournader, Roozbeh (2013-10-31), "2", Recommendations to UTC #137 November 2013 on Script Proposals
L2/14-219RN4628Everson, Michael (2014-09-23), Proposal for encoding the Adlam script in the SMP of the UCS
L2/14-268RAnderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; McGowan, Rick; Pournader, Roozbeh; Iancu, Laurenศ›iu; Glass, Andrew; Constable, Peter; Suignard, Michel (2014-10-27), "9. Adlam", Recommendations to UTC #141 October 2014 on Script Proposals
L2/14-250Moore, Lisa (2014-11-10), "Consensus 141-C20", UTC #141 Minutes, Accept 87 Adlam characters at U+1E900..U+1E95F in block Adlam U+1E900..U+1E95F, with properties as given in L2/14-219R for encoding in a future version of the standard.
L2/16-052N4603 (pdf, doc)Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2015-09-01), "10.2.6", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 63
L2/19-070Patel, Neil; Jamra, Mark (2019-01-19), Replacement of Adlam Reference Font in Codesheet to Updated Design
L2/19-119RN5076Patel, Neil; Jamra, Mark; Cornelius, Craig; Barry, Ibrahima; Barry, Abdoulaye (2019-04-19), Replacement of Adlam Reference Font in Codesheet to Updated Design
L2/19-173Anderson, Deborah; et al. (2019-04-29), "5. Adlam", Recommendations to UTC #159 April-May 2019 on Script Proposals
L2/19-122Moore, Lisa (2019-05-08), "C.14", UTC #159 Minutes
12.0U+1E94B1L2/18-282Barry, Abdoulaye; Barry, Ibrahima; Constable, Peter; Glass, Andrew (2018-08-26), Proposal to encode ADLAM LETTER APOSTROPHE for ADLaM script
L2/18-274McGowan, Rick (2018-09-14), "Feedback on an Encoding Proposal L2/18-282", Comments on Public Review Issues (July 24 - Sept 14, 2018)
L2/18-300Anderson, Deborah; et al. (2018-09-14), "3. Adlam", Recommendations to UTC #157 on Script Proposals
L2/18-282RN5022Barry, Abdoulaye; Barry, Ibrahima; Constable, Peter; Glass, Andrew (2018-11-17), Proposal to encode ADLAMNASALIZATION MARKfor ADLaM script
L2/18-272Moore, Lisa (2018-10-29), "C.7", UTC #157 Minutes
  1. Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

See also

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. Waddell, Kaveh (2016-11-16). "The Alphabet That Will Save a People From Disappearing". The Atlantic.
  4. "Updates". Google Noto Fonts.
  5. "Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18252". Microsoft. 2018-10-03.
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