Mandaic (Unicode block)

Mandaic is a Unicode block containing characters of the Mandaic script used for writing the historic Eastern Aramaic, also called Classical Mandaic, and the modern Neo-Mandaic language.

Mandaic[1][2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
 0123456789ABCDEF
U+084x
U+085x
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 13.0
2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points
Mandaic
RangeU+0840..U+085F
(32 code points)
PlaneBMP
ScriptsMandaic
Major alphabetsEastern Aramaic
Modern Mandaic
Assigned29 code points
Unused3 reserved code points
Unicode version history
6.029 (+29)
Note: [1][2]

History

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

VersionFinal code points[lower-alpha 1]CountL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
6.0U+0840..085B, 085E29L2/07-412N3373Everson, Michael (2008-01-18), Preliminary proposal to encode the Mandaic script in the BMP of the UCS
L2/08-270RN3485REverson, Michael; Richmond, Bob (2008-08-04), Proposal for encoding the Mandaic script in the BMP of the UCS
L2/08-253R2Moore, Lisa (2008-08-19), "Mandaic (B.15.1, C.11)", UTC #116 Minutes
L2/08-412N3553 (pdf, doc)Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2008-11-05), "M53.20", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 53
L2/10-413Pournader, Roozbeh (2010-10-15), Joining types for Mandaic
L2/10-427McGowan, Rick (2010-10-27), "ScriptExtensions.txt to mention Mandaic for U+0640 ARABIC TATWEEL", Comments on Public Review Issues (August 3, 2010 - October 27, 2010)
L2/10-416RMoore, Lisa (2010-11-09), "Properties — Joining types for Mandaic", UTC #125 / L2 #222 Minutes
L2/14-194Anderson, Deborah (2014-08-04), Feedback on Mandaic Shaping
L2/14-177Moore, Lisa (2014-10-17), "Feedback on Mandaic Shaping (B.14.3)", UTC #140 Minutes
L2/20-044Al-Sabti, Ardwan (2019-12-25), The Non-Joining U+0858 in the Mandaic Unicode Standard
L2/20-043Al-Sabti, Ardwan (2020-01-03), The Non-Joining U+0856 in the Mandaic Unicode Standard
L2/20-046Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Moore, Lisa; Liang, Hai (2020-01-10), "5. Mandaic", Recommendations to UTC #162 January 2020 on Script Proposals
L2/20-049Al-Sabti, Ardwan (2020-01-10), Mandaic KAD
L2/20-015Moore, Lisa (2020-01-23), "C.11.1, C.11.2, and C.11.3", Draft Minutes of UTC Meeting 162
  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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