Newa (Unicode block)

Newa
Range U+11400..U+1147F
(128 code points)
Plane SMP
Scripts Newa
Assigned 92 code points
Unused 36 reserved code points
Unicode version history
9.0 92 (+92)
Note: [1][2]

Newa is a Unicode block containing characters from the Newa alphabet, which is used to write Nepal Bhasa and Sanskrit.

Newa[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+1140x ๐‘€ ๐‘ ๐‘‚ ๐‘ƒ ๐‘„ ๐‘… ๐‘† ๐‘‡ ๐‘ˆ ๐‘‰ ๐‘Š ๐‘‹ ๐‘Œ ๐‘ ๐‘Ž ๐‘
U+1141x ๐‘ ๐‘‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘“ ๐‘” ๐‘• ๐‘– ๐‘— ๐‘˜ ๐‘™ ๐‘š ๐‘› ๐‘œ ๐‘ ๐‘ž ๐‘Ÿ
U+1142x ๐‘  ๐‘ก ๐‘ข ๐‘ฃ ๐‘ค ๐‘ฅ ๐‘ฆ ๐‘ง ๐‘จ ๐‘ฉ ๐‘ช ๐‘ซ ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ญ ๐‘ฎ ๐‘ฏ
U+1143x ๐‘ฐ ๐‘ฑ ๐‘ฒ ๐‘ณ ๐‘ด ๐‘ต ๐‘ถ ๐‘ท ๐‘ธ ๐‘น ๐‘บ ๐‘ป ๐‘ผ ๐‘ฝ ๐‘พ ๐‘ฟ
U+1144x ๐‘‘€ ๐‘‘ ๐‘‘‚ ๐‘‘ƒ ๐‘‘„ ๐‘‘… ๐‘‘† ๐‘‘‡ ๐‘‘ˆ ๐‘‘‰ ๐‘‘Š ๐‘‘‹ ๐‘‘Œ ๐‘‘ ๐‘‘Ž ๐‘‘
U+1145x ๐‘‘ ๐‘‘‘ ๐‘‘’ ๐‘‘“ ๐‘‘” ๐‘‘• ๐‘‘– ๐‘‘— ๐‘‘˜ ๐‘‘™ ๐‘‘› ๐‘‘
U+1146x
U+1147x
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 10.0
2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

History

A Unicode character set was initially proposed in May 2011.[3] A previous tentative mapping of the first SMP also included the script[4] and later versions include the proposal.[5] A revised proposal[6] using the name "Newar" is reflected in the roadmap from 6.0.12.[7] This revised proposal was "to enable the broadest representation of the Newar script, from the historical forms of Old Newar manuscripts to the present style of 'Prachalit' known as 'Nepal Lipi'".[6] An alternative proposal was produced by a group of Newars in Kathmandu led by Devdass Manandhar supported by the linguist Tej Ratna Kansakar, which differed in a number of ways from the Pandey proposals, the most significant being the inclusion of a number of breathy (nasalised) consonants which had historically been written with a grapheme that could be mistaken for a conjunct but written the wrong way round.[8]

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Newa block:

Version Final code points[lower-alpha 1] Count L2 ID WG2 ID Document
9.0 U+11400..11459, 1145B, 1145D 92 L2/09-325 N3692 Everson, Michael (2009-09-28), Roadmapping the scripts of Nepal 
L2/11-152 N4038 Pandey, Anshuman (2011-05-05), Preliminary Proposal to Encode the Prachalit Nepal Script in ISO/IEC 10646 
L2/12-120 N4322 Manandhar, Dev Dass; Karmacharya, Samir; Chitrakar, Bishnu (2012-02-05), Proposal for the Nepฤlalipi script in the UCS 
L2/12-003R N4184 Pandey, Anshuman (2012-02-29), Proposal to encode the Newar Script in ISO/IEC 10646 
L2/12-200R Whistler, Ken (2012-06-04), On the encoding of the โ€œNepaalalipiโ€ / โ€œNewarโ€ script 
L2/12-244 Manandhar, Dev Dass (2012-07-21), Response to L2/12-200 โ€œOn the encoding of the โ€˜Nepaalalipiโ€™ / โ€˜Newarโ€™ scriptโ€ 
L2/12-245 Manandhar, Dev Dass (2012-07-21), Ancillary materials on โ€œbreathy consonantsโ€ in โ€œNepaalalipiโ€ 
L2/12-365 N4347 Hall, Pat (2012-10-08), Proposal to Encode Nepal Himalayish Scripts in ISO/IEC 10646 
L2/12-336 N4372 Sinclair, Iain (2012-10-22), Letter in support of N4184 and encoding the Newar script in ISO/IEC 10646 
L2/12-349 Manandhar, Dev Dass; Karmacharya, Samir; Chitrakar, Bishnu (2012-10-29), Proposal for the Nepaalalipi script in the UCS 
L2/12-390 Anderson, Deborah (2012-11-08), Comparison between Newar and Nepaalalipi proposals (L2/12-003 and L2/12-349) 
L2/13-029 Manandhar, Dev Dass; Chitrakar, Bishnu; Karmacharya, Samir (2013-01-28), To Unicode Technical Committee (UTC) 
L2/14-086 Manandhar, Dev Dass; Karmacharya, Samir; Chitrakar, Bishnu (2014-04-10), Proposal to Encode Nepaalalipi Script in ISO/IEC 10646 
L2/14-220 Anderson, Deborah (2014-09-23), Comparison between Newar and Nepaalalipi proposals (L2/12-003 and L2/14-086) 
L2/14-253 Anderson, Deborah (2014-10-06), Recommendations to UTC from Script Meeting in Nepal 
L2/14-258 N4602 Pandey, Anshuman (2014-10-22), Response to the Recommendation for Nepalese Scripts in L2/14-253 
L2/14-281 Whistler, Ken (2014-10-27), Rationale for Atomic Encoding of Murmured Resonants in Newa 
L2/14-290 N4552 Pandey, Anshuman (2014-10-28), Specimen Showing Representation of Murmured Consonants in the Newar Script 
L2/14-285R3 Whistler, Ken (2014-12-04), Towards a Consensus Encoding of Newa 
  1. โ†‘ Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

References

  1. โ†‘ "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
  2. โ†‘ "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
  3. โ†‘ Pandey, Anshuman (2011-05-03). "N4038: Preliminary Proposal to Encode the Prachalit Nepal Script in ISO/IEC 10646" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-06-24.
  4. โ†‘ Michael Everson; Rick McGowan; Ken Whistler (2009-04-24). "Roadmap to the SMP, Revision 5.1.5". Retrieved 2016-06-24.
  5. โ†‘ Michael Everson; Rick McGowan; Ken Whistler; V.S. Umamaheswaran (2011-11-28). "Roadmap to the SMP, Revision 6.0.11". Retrieved 2016-06-24.
  6. 1 2 Pandey, Anshuman (2012-02-29). "N4184: Proposal to Encode the Newar Script in ISO/IEC 10646" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-06-24.
  7. โ†‘ Michael Everson; Rick McGowan; Ken Whistler; V.S. Umamaheswaran (2012-01-06). "Roadmap to the SMP, Revision 6.0.12". Retrieved 2016-06-24.
  8. โ†‘ Dev Dass Manandhar; Samir Karmacharya; Bishnu Chitrakar (2012-02-05). "N4322: Proposal for the Nepฤlalipi Script in the Universal Character Set for inclusion in the Unicode Standard" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-06-24.
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