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Ogham (Unicode block)

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Ogham
RangeU+1680..U+169F
(32 code points)
PlaneBMP
ScriptsOgham
Major alphabetsIrish Ogham
Assigned29 code points
Unused3 reserved code points
Unicode version history
3.0 (1999)29 (+29)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: [1][2]

Ogham is a Unicode block containing characters for representing Primitive Irish language inscriptions.

Ogham[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+168x
U+169x
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 16.0
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 Ogham block:

Version Final code points[a] Count L2 ID WG2 ID Document
3.0 U+1680..169C 29 N1103R Everson, Michael (1994-11-16), Proposal for encoding the Ogham script in ISO 10646
X3L2/96-101 N1443 Everson, Michael; Jarnefors, Olle (1996-08-04), Allocating Ogham and Runes to the BMP: a strategy for making the BMP maximally useful
X3L2/96-123 Aliprand, Joan; Winkler, Arnold (1996-12-18), "3.2", Preliminary Minutes - UTC #71 & X3L2 #168 ad hoc meeting, San Diego - December 5-6, 1996
N1577 Everson, Michael (1997-05-30), Results of National Enquiry on Ogham
L2/98-077 N1695 Paterson, Bruce (1998-02-22), Proposed Disposition of Comments on SC2 letter ballot on FPDAMs 16, 19, & 20 (Braille patterns, Runic, Ogham)
N1764 Paterson, Bruce (1998-04-06), Disposition of Comments Report on SC 2 N2971: Amendment 20 - Ogham
L2/07-340 Davis, Mark (2007-10-06), OGHAM SPACE MARK shouldn't be whitespace
L2/07-392 Everson, Michael (2007-10-17), Irish comments on L2/07-340 "OGHAM SPACE MARK shouldn't be whitespace"
L2/08-142 N3407 Representation of Ogham Space, Tamil named sequences, 2008-04-09
  1. ^ Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

References

  1. ^ "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
  2. ^ "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2016-07-09.