Cham (Unicode block)
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Short description: Unicode character block
| Cham | |
|---|---|
| Range | U+AA00..U+AA5F (96 code points) |
| Plane | BMP |
| Scripts | Cham |
| Major alphabets | Eastern Cham |
| Assigned | 83 code points |
| Unused | 13 reserved code points |
| Unicode version history | |
| 5.1 | 83 (+83) |
| Note: [1][2] | |
Cham is a Unicode block containing characters of the Cham script, which is used for writing the Cham language, primarily used for the Eastern dialect in Cambodia and Vietnam.
A separate block for Western Cham, used in Cambodia, was first proposed to Unicode in 2016. As of May 2022 it is still being finalized.[3]
History
The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Cham block:
| Version | Final code points[lower-alpha 1] | Count | L2 ID | WG2 ID | Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.1 | U+AA00..AA36, AA40..AA4D, AA50..AA59, AA5C..AA5F | 83 | N1126 | Cham script [proposal summary form], 1994-10-14 | |
| N1203 | Umamaheswaran, V. S.; Ksar, Mike (1995-05-03), Unconfirmed minutes of SC2/WG2 Meeting 27, Geneva | ||||
| L2/97-124 | N1559 | Everson, Michael (1997-05-01), Proposal for encoding the Cham script in ISO/IEC 10646 | |||
| L2/97-288 | N1603 | Umamaheswaran, V. S. (1997-10-24), Unconfirmed Meeting Minutes, WG 2 Meeting # 33, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, 20 June – 4 July 1997 | |||
| L2/99-081 | N1960 | Everson, Michael (1999-02-01), Response to Ngo Trung Viet on feedback from Cham experts | |||
| N1997 | Nhan, Ngo Than (1999-02-26), Response to Michael Everson | ||||
| L2/06-257 | N3120 | Everson, Michael (2006-08-06), Proposal for encoding the Cham script in the BMP of the UCS | |||
| L2/06-231 | Moore, Lisa (2006-08-17), UTC #108 Minutes | ||||
| N3153 (pdf, doc) | Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2007-02-16), Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 49 AIST, Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan; 2006-09-25/29 | ||||
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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.
- ↑ "ScriptSource - Entry - Unicode Status (Western Cham)". https://scriptsource.org/cms/scripts/page.php?item_id=entry_detail&uid=z6dlrcd64h.
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