Vai (Unicode block)

Vai
Range	U+A500..U+A63F (320 code points)
Plane	BMP
Scripts	Vai
Major alphabets	Vai
Assigned	300 code points
Unused	20 reserved code points
Unicode version history
5.1 (2008)	300 (+300)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note:

Vai is a Unicode block containing characters of the Vai syllabary used for writing the Vai language of Sierra Leone and Liberia.

Block

Vai[1][2] Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)

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U+A50x

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ꔅ

ꔆ

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ꔈ

ꔉ

ꔊ

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U+A51x

ꔐ

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ꔙ

ꔚ

ꔛ

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U+A52x

ꔠ

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ꔣ

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ꔥ

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ꔨ

ꔩ

ꔪ

ꔫ

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U+A53x

ꔰ

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ꔳ

ꔴ

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ꔶ

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ꔹ

ꔺ

ꔻ

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U+A54x

ꕀ

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ꕄ

ꕅ

ꕆ

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ꕈ

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ꕊ

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U+A55x

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ꕝ

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U+A56x

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ꕥ

ꕦ

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ꕫ

ꕬ

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U+A57x

ꕰ

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ꕶ

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ꕻ

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U+A58x

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ꖄ

ꖅ

ꖆ

ꖇ

ꖈ

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ꖊ

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U+A59x

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U+A5Ax

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U+A5Bx

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U+A5Cx

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U+A5Dx

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U+A5Ex

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U+A5Fx

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U+A60x

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U+A61x

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U+A62x

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꘥

꘦

꘧

꘨

꘩

ꘪ

ꘫ

U+A63x

Notes 1.^ As of Unicode version 15.1 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 Vai block:

Final code points	Count	Version	L2 ID	WG2 ID	Document
U+A500..A62B	300	5.1	L2/04-374		Riley, Charles (2004-11-06), Status report on Vai encoding
			L2/05-053		Riley, Charles L.; Rivera, José R.; Sherman, Tombekai V.; Glavy, Jason (2005-01-31), Preliminary codechart for encoding Vai into the SMP of the UCS
			L2/05-159RR	N2948R	Everson, Michael; Riley, Charles; Rivera, José (2005-08-01), Proposal to add the Vai script to the BMP of the UCS
			L2/06-136		McGowan, Rick (2006-04-18), Regarding WG2 N3081, proposal for additions to Vai
			L2/06-120R	N3081R	Everson, Michael (2006-04-23), Proposal for addition of Vai characters to the UCS
			L2/07-104	N3243R	Everson, Michael (2007-04-18), Proposal to add additional historic syllables for Vai
			L2/05-171		Riley, Charles (2008-07-21), List of Contributors and Participants in the Vai Proposal for Unicode