Avestan (Unicode block)

Avestan is a Unicode block containing characters devised for recording the Zoroastrian religious texts, Avesta, and was used to write the Middle Persian, or Pazand language.

Avestan[1][2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
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U+10B0x 𐬀 𐬁 𐬂 𐬃 𐬄 𐬅 𐬆 𐬇 𐬈 𐬉 𐬊 𐬋 𐬌 𐬍 𐬎 𐬏
U+10B1x 𐬐 𐬑 𐬒 𐬓 𐬔 𐬕 𐬖 𐬗 𐬘 𐬙 𐬚 𐬛 𐬜 𐬝 𐬞 𐬟
U+10B2x 𐬠 𐬡 𐬢 𐬣 𐬤 𐬥 𐬦 𐬧 𐬨 𐬩 𐬪 𐬫 𐬬 𐬭 𐬮 𐬯
U+10B3x 𐬰 𐬱 𐬲 𐬳 𐬴 𐬵 𐬹 𐬺 𐬻 𐬼 𐬽 𐬾 𐬿
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 13.0
2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points
Avestan
RangeU+10B00..U+10B3F
(64 code points)
PlaneSMP
ScriptsAvestan
Major alphabetsPazand
Assigned61 code points
Unused3 reserved code points
Unicode version history
5.261 (+61)
Note: [1][2]

History

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

VersionFinal code points[lower-alpha 1]CountL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
5.2U+10B00..10B35, 10B39..10B3F61L2/98-031N1684Everson, Michael (1998-01-18), Proposal to encode Avestan in the BMP of ISO/IEC 10646
L2/98-070Aliprand, Joan; Winkler, Arnold, "3.A.3. item a. Avestan", Minutes of the joint UTC and L2 meeting from the meeting in Cupertino, February 25-27, 1998
L2/98-286N1703Umamaheswaran, V. S.; Ksar, Mike (1998-07-02), "8.9.4", Unconfirmed Meeting Minutes, WG 2 Meeting #34, Redmond, WA, USA; 1998-03-16--20
L2/00-128Bunz, Carl-Martin (2000-03-01), Scripts from the Past in Future Versions of Unicode
L2/01-007Bunz, Carl-Martin (2000-12-21), "Avestan", Iranianist Meeting Report: Symposium on Encoding Iranian Scripts in Unicode
L2/02-009Bunz, Carl-Martin (2001-11-23), "Avestan and Pahlavi scripts", 2nd Iranian Meeting Report
L2/02-450Gippert, Jost (2002-11-29), 3rd Iranian Unicode Conference: Conference material (29-11-2002)
L2/02-449N2556Everson, Michael (2002-12-04), Revised proposal to encode the Avestan and Pahlavi script in the UCS
L2/06-335N3178Everson, Michael; Pournader, Roozbeh (2006-10-20), Proposal to encode the Avestan script in the BMP of the UCS
L2/06-375Gippert, Jost (2006-11-06), Note from Jost Gippert to Deborah Anderson in support of Avestan
L2/07-004N3193Everson, Michael; Baker, Peter; Dohnicht, Marcus; Emiliano, António; Haugen, Odd Einar; Pedro, Susana; Perry, David J.; Pournader, Roozbeh (2007-01-09), Proposal to add Medievalist and Iranianist punctuation characters to the UCS
L2/07-015Moore, Lisa (2007-02-08), "Consensus 110-C30", UTC #110 Minutes
L2/07-006RN3197REverson, Michael; Pournader, Roozbeh (2007-03-22), Revised proposal to encode the Avestan script in the SMP of the UCS
L2/07-268N3253 (pdf, doc)Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2007-07-26), "M50.35", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 50, Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany; 2007-04-24/27
L2/07-304N3336Anderson, Deborah (2007-09-13), Comments on the Avestan Separation Point
L2/08-088N3443Anderson, Deborah (2008-01-28), Additional Comments on the Avestan Separation Point
L2/08-173N3444Anderson, Deborah (2008-04-13), Expert Feedback on AVESTAN SEPARATION POINT
L2/08-155Anderson, Deborah (2008-04-14), Expert Feedback on Avestan Separation Point by Profs. Skjaervo, Jamison, and Watkins
  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.
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