Avestan (Unicode block)

Avestan
Range U+10B00..U+10B3F
(64 code points)
Plane SMP
Scripts Avestan
Major alphabets Pazand
Assigned 61 code points
Unused 3 reserved code points
Unicode version history
5.2 61 (+61)
Note: [1][2]

Avestan is a Unicode block containing characters devised for recording the Zoroastrian religious texts, Avesta, and was used to write the Middle Persian, or Pazand language.

Avestan[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+10B0x 𐬀 𐬁 𐬂 𐬃 𐬄 𐬅 𐬆 𐬇 𐬈 𐬉 𐬊 𐬋 𐬌 𐬍 𐬎 𐬏
U+10B1x 𐬐 𐬑 𐬒 𐬓 𐬔 𐬕 𐬖 𐬗 𐬘 𐬙 𐬚 𐬛 𐬜 𐬝 𐬞 𐬟
U+10B2x 𐬠 𐬡 𐬢 𐬣 𐬤 𐬥 𐬦 𐬧 𐬨 𐬩 𐬪 𐬫 𐬬 𐬭 𐬮 𐬯
U+10B3x 𐬰 𐬱 𐬲 𐬳 𐬴 𐬵 𐬹 𐬺 𐬻 𐬼 𐬽 𐬾 𐬿
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 10.0
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 Avestan block:

Version Final code points[lower-alpha 1] Count L2 ID WG2 ID Document
5.2 U+10B00..10B35, 10B39..10B3F 61 L2/98-031 N1684 Everson, Michael (1998-01-18), Proposal to encode Avestan in the BMP of ISO/IEC 10646 
L2/01-007 Bunz, Carl-Martin (2000-12-21), Iranianist Meeting Report: Symposium on Encoding Iranian Scripts in Unicode 
L2/02-450 Gippert, Jost (2002-11-29), Avestan, supplementary background material from 3rd Iranian Unicode Conference 
L2/02-449 N2556 Everson, Michael (2002-12-04), Revised proposal to encode the Avestan and Pahlavi script in the UCS 
L2/03-072 N2556 Everson, Michael (2002-12-04), Revised proposal to encode the Avestan and Pahlavi script in the UCS [duplicate of L2/02-449] 
L2/06-335 N3178 Everson, Michael; Pournader, Roozbeh (2006-10-20), Proposal to encode the Avestan script in the BMP of the UCS 
L2/06-375 Gippert, Jost (2006-11-06), Note from Jost Gippert to Deborah Anderson in support of Avestan 
L2/07-004 N3193 Everson, Michael; Baker, Peter; Dohnicht, Marcus; Emiliano, António; Haugen, Odd Einar; Pedro, Susana; Perry, David J.; Pournader, Roozbeh (2007-01-09), Proposal to add Medievalist and Iranianist punctuation characters to the UCS 
L2/07-006R N3197R Everson, Michael; Pournader, Roozbeh (2007-03-22), Revised proposal to encode the Avestan script in the SMP of the UCS 
L2/07-304 N3336 Anderson, Deborah (2007-09-13), Comments on the Avestan Separation Point 
L2/08-088 N3443 Anderson, Deborah (2008-01-28), Additional Comments on the Avestan Separation Point 
L2/08-173 N3444 Anderson, Deborah (2008-04-13), Expert Feedback on AVESTAN SEPARATION POINT 
L2/08-155 N3444 Anderson, Deborah (2008-04-14), Expert Feedback on Avestan Separation Point by Profs. Skjaervo, Jamison, and Watkins 
  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.
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