Saurashtra (Unicode block)

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Short description: Unicode character block
Saurashtra
RangeU+A880..U+A8DF
(96 code points)
PlaneBMP
ScriptsSaurashtra
Major alphabetsSaurashtra
Assigned82 code points
Unused14 reserved code points
Unicode version history
5.181 (+81)
9.082 (+1)
Note: [1][2]

Saurashtra is a Unicode block containing characters used up to the late 19th century as a primary script for the Saurashtra language. The Saurashtra Unicode encoding supports both traditional and modern Saurashtra orthographies.

Block

History

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

Version Final code points[lower-alpha 1] Count L2 ID WG2 ID Document
L2/03-147 Bhaskararao, Peri (2002-12-03), Comments on L2/03-098 
L2/03-225 McGowan, Rick (2003-07-15), Saurashtra Character Properties 
L2/03-245 Jeyakumar, C. K. (2003-08-12), Saurashtra "AAYTAM" character information 
L2/03-231 N2607 Krishnamoorty, Jeyakumar Chinnakkonda; Everson, Michael (2003-08-13), Revised proposal to encode the Saurashtra script in the UCS 
L2/03-253 Kai, Daniel (2003-08-13), Lepcha, Limbu, Syloti, Saurashtra, Tai Le and Bugis Proposals 
L2/03-256 Kai, Daniel (2003-08-13), Introduction to the Saurashtra Script 
L2/03-277 N2620 Bhaskararao, Peri (2003-08-21), Comments on Proposal to Encode the Saurashtra Script in the UCS 
L2/03-313 N2619 McGowan, Rick (2003-09-17), Saurashtra Script Encoding 
L2/04-352 N2875 (html, doc) McGowan, Rick (2004-09-15), Saurashtra Linebreaking and Other Properties 
L2/05-232 Everson, Michael (2005-08-11), Comments on Saurashtra 
L2/05-222R2 N2969R2 Everson, Michael; Krishnamoorty, J. C. (2005-09-21), Final revised proposal to encode the Saurashtra script in the UCS 
L2/05-270 Whistler, Ken (2005-09-21), WG2 Consent Docket (Sophia Antipolis) 
L2/05-279 Moore, Lisa (2005-11-10), UTC #105 Minutes 
N2953 (pdf, doc) Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2006-02-16), Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 47, Sophia Antipolis, France; 2005-09-12/15 
L2/06-091 N3058 Everson, Michael (2006-03-23), Correction of a Saurashtra character name in PDAM3 
L2/06-122 Anderson, Deborah; Kai, Ka'ōnohi (2006-04-10), Implementation of the Saurashtra script 
N3076 Anderson, Deborah; Kai, Ka'ōnohi (2006-04-10), Implementation of the Saurashtra script (N2969R2) 
L2/06-108 Moore, Lisa (2006-05-25), UTC #107 Minutes, "Accept the name of U+A8B4 SAURASHTRA CONSONANT SIGN HAARU." 
L2/06-251 Ganesan, Naga (2006-07-28), Saurashtran Haaru consonants in Named Sequences list 
N3103 (pdf, doc) Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2006-08-25), Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 48, Mountain View, CA, USA; 2006-04-24/27 
9.0 U+A8C5 1 L2/14-170 Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; McGowan, Rick; Pournader, Roozbeh; Iancu, Laurențiu (2014-07-28), Recommendations to UTC #140 August 2014 on Script Proposals 
L2/14-163 N4590 Rajan, Vinodh (2014-08-07), Proposal to encode Saurashtra Sign Candrabindu 
L2/14-177 Moore, Lisa (2014-10-17), UTC #140 Minutes 
L2/16-052 N4603 (pdf, doc) Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2015-09-01), Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 63 
  1. Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

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