Batak (Unicode block)

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Short description: Unicode character block
Batak
RangeU+1BC0..U+1BFF
(64 code points)
PlaneBMP
ScriptsBatak
Major alphabetsKaro
Mandailing
Pakpak
Simalungun
Toba
Assigned56 code points
Unused8 reserved code points
Unicode version history
6.056 (+56)
Note: [1][2]

Batak is a Unicode block containing characters for writing the Batak dialects of Karo, Mandailing, Pakpak, Simalungun, and Toba.[3]


History

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

Version Final code points[lower-alpha 1] Count L2 ID WG2 ID Document
L2/07-233R N3293R Everson, Michael (2007-07-26), Preliminary proposal for encoding the Batak script in the UCS 
L2/08-147 N3446 McGowan, Rick; Whistler, Ken (2008-04-14), Discussion of Batak Vowel Ordering 
L2/08-274 N3489 Everson, Michael; Kozok, Uli (2008-08-04), On the inputting model for Batak 
L2/08-312 Anderson, Deborah (2008-08-11), Batak Input 
L2/08-011R N3320R Everson, Michael; Kozok, Uli (2008-10-07), Proposal for encoding the Batak script in the UCS 
L2/08-412 N3553 (pdf, doc) Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2008-11-05), Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 53 
L2/09-063 Anderson, Deborah (2009-01-29), Dialect‐Specific Characters in Batak (Batak proposal: L2/08‐011 WG2 N3320R) 
L2/09-104 Moore, Lisa (2009-05-20), UTC #119 / L2 #216 Minutes 
N4103 Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 58, 2012-01-03 
  1. Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

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