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Manichaean (Unicode block)

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Unicode character block
Manichaean
RangeU+10AC0..U+10AFF
(64 code points)
PlaneSMP
ScriptsManichaean
Major alphabetsSogdian, Parthian, Fars
Assigned51 code points
Unused13 reserved code points
Unicode version history
7.0 (2014)51 (+51)
Unicode documentation
Code chartWeb page
Note: [1] [2]

Manichaean is a Unicode block containing characters historically used for writing Sogdian, Parthian, and the dialects of Fars.[3]

Block

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U+10ACx 𐫀𐫁𐫂𐫃𐫄𐫅𐫆𐫇𐫈𐫉𐫊𐫋𐫌𐫍𐫎𐫏
U+10ADx 𐫐𐫑𐫒𐫓𐫔𐫕𐫖𐫗𐫘𐫙𐫚𐫛𐫜𐫝𐫞𐫟
U+10AEx 𐫠𐫡𐫢𐫣𐫤𐫦𐫥𐫫𐫬𐫭𐫮𐫯
U+10AFx 𐫰𐫱𐫲𐫳𐫴𐫵𐫶
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 17.0
2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

The block has five variation sequences defined for standardized variants.[4] They use U+FE00 VARIATION SELECTOR-1 (VS1) to denote alternate letter forms:[3]

Variation sequences for alternate forms
U+ 10AC5 10AC6 10AD6 10AD7 10AE1
base code point 𐫅 𐫆 𐫖 𐫗 𐫡
base + VS01 𐫅︀ 𐫆︀ 𐫖︀ 𐫗︀ 𐫡︀

History

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

Version Final code points[a] Count L2 ID WG2 ID Document
7.0 U+10AC0..10AE6, 10AEB..10AF6 51 L2/00-128 Bunz, Carl-Martin (2000年03月01日), Scripts from the Past in Future Versions of Unicode
L2/00-153 Bunz, Carl-Martin (2000年04月26日), Further comments on historic scripts
L2/01-007 Bunz, Carl-Martin (2000年12月21日), "Manichaean and Christian Sogdian Scripts", Iranianist Meeting Report: Symposium on Encoding Iranian Scripts in Unicode
L2/02-009 Bunz, Carl-Martin (2001年11月23日), "Manichaean script", 2nd Iranian Meeting Report
L2/03-099 N2544 Everson, Michael (2002年12月03日), Revised proposal to encode the Manichaean script in the UCS
L2/04-292 McGowan, Rick (2004年07月20日), Manichaean Joining Types and Shaping Behavior
L2/08-025 N3378 Everson, Michael (2008年01月28日), Revised proposal to encode the Manichaean script in the UCS
L2/08-271R2 N3486R2 Everson, Michael; Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2008年11月01日), Proposal for encoding the Manichaean script in the SMP of the UCS
L2/09-284 Pournader, Roozbeh; Anderson, Deborah (2009年08月06日), Specifying Joining Behavior for Manichaean Aleph
L2/09-186 N3644 Everson, Michael; Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2009年09月30日), Revised proposal for encoding the Manichaean script in the SMP of the UCS
L2/11-123R N4029R Everson, Michael; Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond; Pournader, Roozbeh; Afshar, Shervin (2011年05月10日), Second revised proposal for encoding the Manichaean script in the SMP of the UCS
L2/11-116 Moore, Lisa (2011年05月17日), "C.10", UTC #127 / L2 #224 Minutes
N4103 "11.10 Manichaean script", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 58, 2012年01月03日
L2/14-026 Moore, Lisa (2014年02月17日), "C.9", UTC #138 Minutes
N4553 (pdf, doc) Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2014年09月16日), "M62.02d, M62.02h", Minutes of WG 2 meeting 62 Adobe, San Jose, CA, USA
  1. ^ Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

References

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  1. ^ "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023年07月26日.
  2. ^ "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023年07月26日.
  3. ^ a b Everson, Michael; Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond; Pournader, Roozbeh; Afshar, Shervin (2011年05月10日). "N4029R: Second revised proposal for encoding the Manichaean script in the SMP of the UCS" (PDF). Working Group Document, ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2.
  4. ^ "Unicode Character Database: Standardized Variation Sequences". The Unicode Consortium.
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Notes: † mainly a Tengrist text but recorded in a Manichaean monastery

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