Buginese (Unicode block)

Buginese
Buginese
Range	U+1A00..U+1A1F; (32 code points)
Plane	BMP
Scripts	Buginese
Major alphabets	Buginese
Assigned	30 code points
Unused	2 reserved code points
Unicode version history
4.1 (2005)	30 (+30)
Unicode documentation
	Code chart ∣ Web page
	Note: This article contains Lontara script. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Lontara characters.

Buginese is a Unicode block containing characters of the Lontara script used to write the Buginese and Makassar languages of Sulawesi.

Buginese^[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+1A0x	ᨀ	ᨁ	ᨂ	ᨃ	ᨄ	ᨅ	ᨆ	ᨇ	ᨈ	ᨉ	ᨊ	ᨋ	ᨌ	ᨍ	ᨎ	ᨏ
U+1A1x	ᨐ	ᨑ	ᨒ	ᨓ	ᨔ	ᨕ	ᨖ	◌ᨗ	◌ᨘ	ᨙ◌	◌ᨚ	◌ᨛ			᨞	᨟
Notes 1. ^ As of Unicode version 15.1 2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

History[edit]

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

Version	Final code points^[a]	Count	L2 ID	WG2 ID	Document
4.1	U+1A00..1A1B, 1A1E..1A1F	30	L2/98-021	N1657	Everson, Michael (1997-12-08), Proposal to encode Buginese in ISO/IEC 10646
			L2/98-070		Aliprand, Joan; Winkler, Arnold, "3.A.2. item e. Buginese", Minutes of the joint UTC and L2 meeting from the meeting in Cupertino, February 25-27, 1998
			L2/98-286	N1703	Umamaheswaran, V. S.; Ksar, Mike (1998-07-02), "8.9.1", Unconfirmed Meeting Minutes, WG 2 Meeting #34, Redmond, WA, USA; 1998-03-16--20
			L2/99-011	N1930	Everson, Michael (1998-11-24), Revised proposal for encoding the Buginese script in the UCS
			L2/03-191	N2588	Everson, Michael (2003-06-09), Final proposal for encoding the Buginese script in the UCS
			L2/03-253		Kai, Daniel (2003-08-13), Lepcha, Limbu, Syloti, Saurashtra, Tai Le and Bugis Proposals
			L2/03-254		Kai, Daniel (2003-08-13), Introduction to the Bugis Script
			L2/03-320	N2633R	Everson, Michael (2003-10-05), Revised final proposal for encoding the Lontara (Buginese) script in the UCS
			L2/13-011		Moore, Lisa (2013-02-04), "Consensus 134-C4", UTC #134 Minutes, Change the general category and bidi class of U+1A1B BUGINESE VOWEL SIGN AE to "Mn" and "NSM", for Unicode 6.3.
^ Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

^ "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
^ "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.