Osmanya (Unicode block)

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Short description: Unicode character block
Osmanya
RangeU+10480..U+104AF
(48 code points)
PlaneSMP
ScriptsOsmanya
Major alphabetsOsmanya Somali
Assigned40 code points
Unused8 reserved code points
Unicode version history
4.040 (+40)
Note: [1][2]

Osmanya is a Unicode block containing characters for writing the Somali language.


History

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

Version Final code points[lower-alpha 1] Count L2 ID WG2 ID Document
L2/01-271 N2361 Everson, Michael (2001-06-12), Revised proposal to encode the Osmanya script in the SMP of the UCS 
L2/01-284 N2361R Everson, Michael (2001-07-14), Revised proposal to encode the Osmanya script in the SMP of the UCS 
L2/01-295R Moore, Lisa (2001-11-06), Minutes from the UTC/L2 meeting #88, "The UTC accepts the Osmanya script with the character names as documented in L2/01-284, to be encoded at 10480..104A9." 
  1. Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

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