Multani (Unicode block)

Multani
Range U+11280..U+112AF
(48 code points)
Plane SMP
Scripts Multani
Major alphabets Multani
Assigned 38 code points
Unused 10 reserved code points
Unicode version history
8.0 38 (+38)
Note: [1][2]

Multani is a Unicode block containing characters used for writing the Multani alphabet, a Brahmic script used in the Multan region of Punjab and in northern Sindh in Pakistan. The script is now obsolete, but was historically used to write the Saraiki language.[3]

Multani[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+1128x 𑊀 𑊁 𑊂 𑊃 𑊄 𑊅 𑊆 𑊈 𑊊 𑊋 𑊌 𑊍 𑊏
U+1129x 𑊐 𑊑 𑊒 𑊓 𑊔 𑊕 𑊖 𑊗 𑊘 𑊙 𑊚 𑊛 𑊜 𑊝 𑊟
U+112Ax 𑊠 𑊡 𑊢 𑊣 𑊤 𑊥 𑊦 𑊧 𑊨 𑊩
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 Multani block:

Version Final code points[lower-alpha 1] Count L2 ID WG2 ID Document
8.0 U+11280..11286, 11288, 1128A..1128D, 1128F..1129D, 1129F..112A9 38 L2/10-011R N3766 Pandey, Anshuman (2010-02-09), A Roadmap for Scripts of the Landa Family 
L2/10-013 N3768 Pandey, Anshuman (2010-02-09), Preliminary Proposal to Encode the Landa Script in ISO/IEC 10646 
L2/11-124 N4027 Pandey, Anshuman (2011-04-26), Preliminary Proposal to Encode the Multani Script 
L2/12-316 N4159 Pandey, Anshuman (2012-09-25), Proposal to Encode the Multani Script in ISO/IEC 10646 
  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.
  3. Pandey, Anshuman (2012-09-25). "N4159: Proposal to Encode the Multani Script in ISO/IEC 10646" (PDF). Working Group Document, ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2.
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