Batak (Unicode block)

Unicode character block

Batak
Range	U+1BC0..U+1BFF (64 code points)
Plane	BMP
Scripts	Batak
Major alphabets	Karo Mandailing Pakpak Simalungun Toba
Assigned	56 code points
Unused	8 reserved code points
Unicode version history

6.0 (2010)	56 (+56)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: ^[1]^[2] This article contains special characters. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols.

Batak is a Unicode block containing characters for writing the Batak dialects of Karo, Mandailing, Pakpak, Simalungun, and Toba.^[3]

Batak ^[1]^[2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F

U+1BCx ᯀ ᯁ ᯂ ᯃ ᯄ ᯅ ᯆ ᯇ ᯈ ᯉ ᯊ ᯋ ᯌ ᯍ ᯎ ᯏ

U+1BDx ᯐ ᯑ ᯒ ᯓ ᯔ ᯕ ᯖ ᯗ ᯘ ᯙ ᯚ ᯛ ᯜ ᯝ ᯞ ᯟ

U+1BEx ᯠ ᯡ ᯢ ᯣ ᯤ ᯥ ᯦ ᯧ ᯨ ᯩ ᯪ ᯫ ᯬ ᯭ ᯮ ᯯ

U+1BFx ᯰ ᯱ ᯲ ᯳ ᯼ ᯽ ᯾ ᯿

Notes

1.^ As of Unicode version 17.0

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 Batak block:

Version	Final code points^[a]	Count	L2 ID	WG2 ID	Document
6.0	U+1BC0..1BF3, 1BFC..1BFF	56	L2/99-066	Everson, Michael (1999年02月11日), Batak script [preliminary chart]
			L2/07-233R	N3293R	Everson, Michael (2007年07月26日), Preliminary proposal for encoding the Batak script in the UCS
			L2/08-147	N3446	McGowan, Rick; Whistler, Ken (2008年04月14日), Discussion of Batak Vowel Ordering
			L2/08-274	N3489	Everson, Michael; Kozok, Uli (2008年08月04日), On the inputting model for Batak
			L2/08-312	Anderson, Deborah (2008年08月11日), Batak Input
			L2/08-011R	N3320R	Everson, Michael; Kozok, Uli (2008年10月07日), Proposal for encoding the Batak script in the UCS
			L2/08-412	N3553 (pdf, doc)	Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2008年11月05日), "M53.21", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 53
			L2/09-063	Anderson, Deborah (2009年01月29日), Dialect‐Specific Characters in Batak (Batak proposal: L2/08‐011 WG2 N3320R)
			L2/09-104	Moore, Lisa (2009年05月20日), "Consensus 119-C23", UTC #119 / L2 #216 Minutes
			N4103	"Resolution: M58.02", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 58, 2012年01月03日
^ Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

^ "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023年07月26日.
^ "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023年07月26日.
^ Everson, Michael; Kozok, Uli (2008年10月07日). "Proposal for encoding the Batak script in the UCS" (PDF).