Caucasian Albanian (Unicode block)

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Caucasian Albanian
RangeU+10530..U+1056F
(64 code points)
PlaneSMP
ScriptsCaucasian Albanian
Major alphabetsCaucasian Albanian
Assigned53 code points
Unused11 reserved code points
Unicode version history
7.0 (2014)53 (+53)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: [1][2]

Caucasian Albanian is a Unicode block containing characters used by the Caucasian Albanian peoples of Azerbaijan and Dagestan for writing Northeast Caucasian languages.[3]

Caucasian Albanian[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+1053x 𐔰 𐔱 𐔲 𐔳 𐔴 𐔵 𐔶 𐔷 𐔸 𐔹 𐔺 𐔻 𐔼 𐔽 𐔾 𐔿
U+1054x 𐕀 𐕁 𐕂 𐕃 𐕄 𐕅 𐕆 𐕇 𐕈 𐕉 𐕊 𐕋 𐕌 𐕍 𐕎 𐕏
U+1055x 𐕐 𐕑 𐕒 𐕓 𐕔 𐕕 𐕖 𐕗 𐕘 𐕙 𐕚 𐕛 𐕜 𐕝 𐕞 𐕟
U+1056x 𐕠 𐕡 𐕢 𐕣 𐕯
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 15.1
2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

Typefaces supporting this script include such as Arian AMU[hy], Noto Sans Caucasian Albanian and Unifont Upper. Recent versions of Windows also support Calibri and Microsoft Sans Serif.

History[edit]

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

Version Final code points[a] Count L2 ID WG2 ID Document
7.0 U+10530..10563, 1056F 53 L2/11-143 N4039 Everson, Michael (2011-05-02), Preliminary proposal for encoding the Caucasian Albanian script in the SMP of the UCS
L2/11-296R N4131 Everson, Michael (2011-10-28), Proposal for encoding the Caucasian Albanian script in the SMP of the UCS
N4243 Everson, Michael; Gippert, Jost (2012-02-14), Documentation for Two Characters FE2B and FE2C for Caucasian Albanian (N4131R)
L2/12-112 Moore, Lisa (2012-05-17), "Consensus 131-C24", UTC #131 / L2 #228 Minutes
N4253 (pdf, doc) "M59.14", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 59, 2012-09-12
  1. ^ Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  2. ^ "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  3. ^ Everson, Michael; Gippert, Jost (2011-10-28). "N4131R: Proposal for encoding the Caucasian Albanian script in the SMP of the UCS" (PDF). Working Group Document, ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2.