Ahom (Unicode block)

Ahom is a Unicode block containing characters used for writing the Ahom alphabet, which was used to write the Ahom language spoken by the Ahom people in Assam between the 13th and the 18th centuries.[3]

Ahom[1][2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
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U+1170x 𑜀 𑜁 𑜂 𑜃 𑜄 𑜅 𑜆 𑜇 𑜈 𑜉 𑜊 𑜋 𑜌 𑜍 𑜎 𑜏
U+1171x 𑜐 𑜑 𑜒 𑜓 𑜔 𑜕 𑜖 𑜗 𑜘 𑜙 𑜚 𑜝 𑜞 𑜟
U+1172x 𑜠 𑜡 𑜢 𑜣 𑜤 𑜥 𑜦 𑜧 𑜨 𑜩 𑜪 𑜫
U+1173x 𑜰 𑜱 𑜲 𑜳 𑜴 𑜵 𑜶 𑜷 𑜸 𑜹 𑜺 𑜻 𑜼 𑜽 𑜾 𑜿
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 13.0
2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points
Ahom
RangeU+11700..U+1173F
(64 code points)
PlaneSMP
ScriptsAhom
Major alphabetsAhom
Assigned58 code points
Unused6 reserved code points
Unicode version history
8.057 (+57)
11.058 (+1)
Note: [1][2]

History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Ahom block:

VersionFinal code points[lower-alpha 1]CountL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
8.0U+11700..11719, 1171D..1172B, 11730..1173F57L2/10-359N3928Hosken, Martin; Morey, Stephen (2010-09-17), Preliminary Proposal to add the Ahom Script in the SMP of the UCS
L2/12-222N4290Hosken, Martin; Morey, Stephen (2012-07-02), Proposal to add the Ahom Script in the SMP of the UCS
L2/12-267Anderson, Deborah; McGowan, Rick; Whistler, Ken (2012-07-21), "V. AHOM", Review of Indic-related documents and Recommendations to the UTC
L2/12-309RN4321RHosken, Martin (2012-10-23), Revised Proposal to add the Ahom Script in the SMP of the UCS
L2/12-343R2Moore, Lisa (2012-12-04), "Consensus 133-C16", UTC #133 Minutes
N4353 (pdf, doc)"M60.09", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 60, 2013-05-23
11.0U+1171A1L2/15-272Hosken, Martin; Morey, Stephen (2015-10-26), Proposal to add one extra character to the Ahom Block
L2/15-254Moore, Lisa (2015-11-16), "D.13", UTC #145 Minutes
  1. Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

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. Hosken, Martin; Morey, Stephen (2012-10-23). "N4321R: Revised Proposal to add the Ahom Script in the SMP of the UCS" (PDF). Working Group Document, ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2.
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