Shavian (Unicode block)

Unicode character block

Shavian is a Unicode block containing characters of the Shavian alphabet (also known as the Shaw alphabet), an orthography invented to write English phonemically and funded by the will of George Bernard Shaw. The Shavian block was derived from an earlier private use encoding in the ConScript Unicode Registry, like the Deseret and Phaistos Disc encodings.

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

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U+1045x 𐑐 𐑑 𐑒 𐑓 𐑔 𐑕 𐑖 𐑗 𐑘 𐑙 𐑚 𐑛 𐑜 𐑝 𐑞 𐑟

U+1046x 𐑠 𐑡 𐑢 𐑣 𐑤 𐑥 𐑦 𐑧 𐑨 𐑩 𐑪 𐑫 𐑬 𐑭 𐑮 𐑯

U+1047x 𐑰 𐑱 𐑲 𐑳 𐑴 𐑵 𐑶 𐑷 𐑸 𐑹 𐑺 𐑻 𐑼 𐑽 𐑾 𐑿

Notes

1.^ As of Unicode version 17.0

History

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

Version	Final code points^[a]	Count	L2 ID	WG2 ID	Document
4.0	U+10450..1047F	48	L2/97-103	Jenkins, John H. (1997年05月21日), Proposal to add Shavian to ISO/IEC 10646
			N1576	Proposal to add Shavian, 1997年05月21日
			L2/97-288	N1603	Umamaheswaran, V. S. (1997年10月24日), "8.24.2", Unconfirmed Meeting Minutes, WG 2 Meeting # 33, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, 20 June – 4 July 1997
			L2/01-256	N2362	Everson, Michael; Jenkins, John (2001年06月03日), Proposal for encoding the Shavian script in the SMP of the UCS
			L2/01-285	N2362R	Everson, Michael; Jenkins, John (2001年07月14日), Revised proposal for encoding the Shavian script in the SMP of the UCS
			L2/01-295R	Moore, Lisa (2001年11月06日), "Motion 88-M7", Minutes from the UTC/L2 meeting #88, The UTC approves encoding the Shavian script at 10450..1047F.
^ 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.