Osmanya (Unicode block)

Osmanya is a Unicode block containing characters for writing the Somali language.

Osmanya[1][2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
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U+1048x 𐒀 𐒁 𐒂 𐒃 𐒄 𐒅 𐒆 𐒇 𐒈 𐒉 𐒊 𐒋 𐒌 𐒍 𐒎 𐒏
U+1049x 𐒐 𐒑 𐒒 𐒓 𐒔 𐒕 𐒖 𐒗 𐒘 𐒙 𐒚 𐒛 𐒜 𐒝
U+104Ax 𐒠 𐒡 𐒢 𐒣 𐒤 𐒥 𐒦 𐒧 𐒨 𐒩
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 13.0
2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points
Osmanya
RangeU+10480..U+104AF
(48 code points)
PlaneSMP
ScriptsOsmanya
Major alphabetsOsmanya Somali
Assigned40 code points
Unused8 reserved code points
Unicode version history
4.040 (+40)
Note: [1][2]

History

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

VersionFinal code points[lower-alpha 1]CountL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
4.0U+10480..1049D, 104A0..104A940L2/99-063N1948Everson, Michael (1999-01-25), Proposal to encode the Osmanya script in Plane 1 of the UCS
L2/01-271N2361Everson, Michael (2001-06-12), Revised proposal to encode the Osmanya script in the SMP of the UCS
L2/01-284N2361REverson, Michael (2001-07-14), Revised proposal to encode the Osmanya script in the SMP of the UCS
L2/01-295RMoore, Lisa (2001-11-06), "Motion 88-M6", Minutes from the UTC/L2 meeting #88, The UTC accepts the Osmanya script with the character names as documented in L2/01-284, to be encoded at 10480..104A9.
  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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