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Saurashtra (Unicode block)

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Saurashtra
RangeU+A880..U+A8DF
(96 code points)
PlaneBMP
ScriptsSaurashtra
Major alphabetsSaurashtra
Assigned82 code points
Unused14 reserved code points
Unicode version history
5.1 (2008)81 (+81)
9.0 (2016)82 (+1)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: [1][2]

Saurashtra is a Unicode block containing characters used up to the late 19th century as a primary script for the Saurashtra language. The Saurashtra Unicode encoding supports both traditional and modern Saurashtra orthographies.

Block[edit]

Saurashtra[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+A88x
U+A89x
U+A8Ax
U+A8Bx
U+A8Cx
U+A8Dx
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 Saurashtra block:

Version Final code points[a] Count L2 ID WG2 ID Document
5.1 U+A880..A8C4, A8CE..A8D9 81 L2/03-098 N2549 Krishnamoorty, Jeyakumar Chinnakkonda; Everson, Michael (2002-12-03), Proposal to encode the Saurashtra script in the UCS
L2/03-147 Bhaskararao, Peri (2002-12-03), Comments on L2/03-098
L2/03-225 McGowan, Rick (2003-07-15), Saurashtra Character Properties
L2/03-245 Jeyakumar, C. K. (2003-08-12), Saurashtra "AAYTAM" character information
L2/03-231 N2607 Krishnamoorty, Jeyakumar Chinnakkonda; Everson, Michael (2003-08-13), Revised proposal to encode the Saurashtra script in the UCS
L2/03-253 Kai, Daniel (2003-08-13), Lepcha, Limbu, Syloti, Saurashtra, Tai Le and Bugis Proposals
L2/03-256 Kai, Daniel (2003-08-13), Introduction to the Saurashtra Script
L2/03-277 N2620 Bhaskararao, Peri (2003-08-21), Comments on Proposal to Encode the Saurashtra Script in the UCS
L2/03-313 N2619 McGowan, Rick (2003-09-17), Saurashtra Script Encoding
L2/04-352 N2875 (html, doc) McGowan, Rick (2004-09-15), Saurashtra Linebreaking and Other Properties
L2/05-232 Everson, Michael (2005-08-11), Comments on Saurashtra
L2/05-222R2 N2969R2 Everson, Michael; Krishnamoorty, J. C. (2005-09-21), Final revised proposal to encode the Saurashtra script in the UCS
L2/05-270 Whistler, Ken (2005-09-21), "K. Saurashtra", WG2 Consent Docket (Sophia Antipolis)
L2/05-279 Moore, Lisa (2005-11-10), "Consensus 105-C32", UTC #105 Minutes
N2953 (pdf, doc) Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2006-02-16), "7.4.10", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 47, Sophia Antipolis, France; 2005-09-12/15
L2/06-091 N3058 Everson, Michael (2006-03-23), Correction of a Saurashtra character name in PDAM3
L2/06-122 Anderson, Deborah; Kai, Ka'ōnohi (2006-04-10), Implementation of the Saurashtra script
N3076 Anderson, Deborah; Kai, Ka'ōnohi (2006-04-10), Implementation of the Saurashtra script (N2969R2)
L2/06-108 Moore, Lisa (2006-05-25), "Consensus 107-C32", UTC #107 Minutes, Accept the name of U+A8B4 SAURASHTRA CONSONANT SIGN HAARU.
L2/06-251 Ganesan, Naga (2006-07-28), Saurashtran Haaru consonants in Named Sequences list
L2/06-252 West, Andrew (2006-07-28), Comments on Capital R Rotunda
N3103 (pdf, doc) Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2006-08-25), "M48.4", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 48, Mountain View, CA, USA; 2006-04-24/27
9.0 U+A8C5 1 L2/14-170 Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; McGowan, Rick; Pournader, Roozbeh; Iancu, Laurențiu (2014-07-28), "4", Recommendations to UTC #140 August 2014 on Script Proposals
L2/14-163 N4590 Rajan, Vinodh (2014-08-07), Proposal to encode Saurashtra Sign Candrabindu
L2/14-177 Moore, Lisa (2014-10-17), "Saurashtra Candrabindu (D.5)", UTC #140 Minutes
L2/16-052 N4603 (pdf, doc) Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2015-09-01), "M63.11o", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 63
  1. ^ Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

References[edit]

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