Adlam (Unicode block)
| Adlam | |
|---|---|
| Range | U+1E900..U+1E95F (96 code points) |
| Plane | SMP |
| Scripts | Adlam |
| Assigned | 88 code points |
| Unused | 8 reserved code points |
| Unicode version history | |
| 9.0 | 87 (+87) |
| 12.0 | 88 (+1) |
| Note: [1][2] | |
Adlam is a Unicode block containing characters from the Adlam script, an alphabetic script devised during the late 1980s for writing the Fula language in Guinea, Nigeria, Liberia, and other nearby countries.[which?]
History
In June 2016, Adlam was added to the Unicode Standard with the release of version 9.0.[3]
In October 2017, Google released a Noto font that supports the block, Noto Sans Adlam, although it did not handle prenasalized consonants properly.[4]
On 3 October 2018, Microsoft released an updated Ebrima font to support Adlam alphabet to Windows Insiders as part of the Windows 10 version 1903 feature update, starting from build 18252.[5]
Characters
History
The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Adlam block:
| Version | Final code points[lower-alpha 1] | Count | L2 ID | WG2 ID | Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L2/13-210 | Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; McGowan, Rick; Pournader, Roozbeh (2013-10-31), Recommendations to UTC #137 November 2013 on Script Proposals | ||||
| L2/14-219R | N4628 | Everson, Michael (2014-09-23), Proposal for encoding the Adlam script in the SMP of the UCS | |||
| L2/14-268R | Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; McGowan, Rick; Pournader, Roozbeh; Iancu, Laurențiu; Glass, Andrew; Constable, Peter; Suignard, Michel (2014-10-27), Recommendations to UTC #141 October 2014 on Script Proposals | ||||
| L2/14-250 | Moore, Lisa (2014-11-10), UTC #141 Minutes, "Accept 87 Adlam characters at U+1E900..U+1E95F in block Adlam U+1E900..U+1E95F, with properties as given in L2/14-219R for encoding in a future version of the standard." | ||||
| L2/16-052 | N4603 (pdf, doc) | Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2015-09-01), Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 63 | |||
| L2/19-070 | Patel, Neil; Jamra, Mark (2019-01-19), Replacement of Adlam Reference Font in Codesheet to Updated Design | ||||
| L2/19-119R | N5076 | Patel, Neil; Jamra, Mark; Cornelius, Craig; Barry, Ibrahima; Barry, Abdoulaye (2019-04-19), Replacement of Adlam Reference Font in Codesheet to Updated Design | |||
| L2/19-173 | Anderson, Deborah (2019-04-29), Recommendations to UTC #159 April-May 2019 on Script Proposals | ||||
| L2/19-122 | Moore, Lisa (2019-05-08), UTC #159 Minutes | ||||
| 12.0 | U+1E94B | 1 | L2/18-282 | Barry, Abdoulaye; Barry, Ibrahima; Constable, Peter; Glass, Andrew (2018-08-26), Proposal to encode ADLAM LETTER APOSTROPHE for ADLaM script | |
| L2/18-274 | McGowan, Rick (2018-09-14), Comments on Public Review Issues (July 24 - Sept 14, 2018) | ||||
| L2/18-300 | Anderson, Deborah (2018-09-14), Recommendations to UTC #157 on Script Proposals | ||||
| L2/18-282R | N5022 | Barry, Abdoulaye; Barry, Ibrahima; Constable, Peter; Glass, Andrew (2018-11-17), Proposal to encode ADLAMNASALIZATION MARKfor ADLaM script | |||
| L2/18-272 | Moore, Lisa (2018-10-29), UTC #157 Minutes | ||||
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See also
References
- ↑ "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. https://www.unicode.org/ucd/. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
- ↑ "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. https://www.unicode.org/versions/enumeratedversions.html. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
- ↑ Waddell, Kaveh (2016-11-16). "The Alphabet That Will Save a People From Disappearing". https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/11/the-alphabet-that-will-save-a-people-from-disappearing/506987/.
- ↑ "Updates". https://www.google.com/get/noto/updates/.
- ↑ "Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18252". 2018-10-03. https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2018/10/03/announcing-windows-10-insider-preview-build-18252.
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