Javanese (Unicode block)

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Short description: Unicode character block
Javanese
RangeU+A980..U+A9DF
(96 code points)
PlaneBMP
ScriptsJavanese (90 char.)
Common (1 char.)
Major alphabetsAksara Jawa
Assigned91 code points
Unused5 reserved code points
Unicode version history
5.291 (+91)
Note: [1][2]

Javanese is a Unicode block containing aksara Jawa characters traditionally used for writing the Javanese language.

Block

The Unicode block for Javanese is U+A980–U+A9DF. There are 91 code points for Javanese script: 53 letters, 19 punctuation marks, 10 numbers, and 9 vowels:


History

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

Version Final code points[lower-alpha 1] Count L2 ID WG2 ID Document
5.2 U+A980..A9CD, A9CF..A9D9, A9DE..A9DF 91 L2/98-041 Hellingman, Jeroen (1997-05-19), Javanese Proposal 
L2/98-070 Aliprand, Joan; Winkler, Arnold, Minutes of the joint UTC and L2 meeting from the meeting in Cupertino, February 25-27, 1998 
L2/06-080 Sayoga, Teguh Budi (2006-03-13), Proposal for encoding the Javanese Script in the UCS (A900-A97F) 
L2/07-237 Pentzlin, Karl (2007-07-31), Comment on L2/07-232 - Suggestion to encode Javanese in the SMP 
L2/07-248 Anderson, Deborah (2007-08-01), Re L2/07-237 Comment on L2/07-232 Suggestion to encode Javanese in the SMP 
L2/07-295 N3319R Everson, Michael (2007-09-11), Proposal for encoding the Javanese script in the UCS 
L2/07-298 N3329 Everson, Michael (2007-09-11), Javanese government support for encoding the Javanese script 
L2/08-003 Moore, Lisa (2008-02-14), UTC #114 Minutes 
L2/08-015R N3319R3 Everson, Michael (2008-03-06), Proposal for encoding the Javanese script in the UCS 
L2/08-318 N3453 (pdf, doc) Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2008-08-13), Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 52 
L2/09-122 N3613 Anderson, Deborah (2009-04-10), Name correction for FPDAM 6: Javanese A9C0 JAVANESE PANGKON 
L2/09-234 N3603 (pdf, doc) Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2009-07-08), Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 54 
L2/09-104 Moore, Lisa (2009-05-20), UTC #119 / L2 #216 Minutes, "Approve the name changes in section A, B, and C of document L2/09-177... [U+A9C0]" 
L2/09-350 Whistler, Ken (2009-10-21), Property Correction for U+A9B3 Javanese Sign Cecak Telu 
L2/16-327 McGowan, Rick (2016-11-07), Comments on Public Review Issues (July 27 - Nov 7, 2016) 
L2/17-037 Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Glass, Andrew; Iancu, Laurențiu; Moore, Lisa; Liang, Hai; Ishida, Richard et al. (2017-01-21), Recommendations to UTC #150 January 2017 on Script Proposals 
L2/17-038 Lindenberg, Norbert (2017-01-21), Indic positional category for Javanese cakra 
L2/17-016 Moore, Lisa (2017-02-08), UTC #150 Minutes 
L2/17-163 Pournader, Roozbeh (2017-05-09), Indic Syllabic Category of Javanese Cakra 
L2/17-103 Moore, Lisa (2017-05-18), UTC #151 Minutes 
L2/19-003 Liang, Hai; Perdana, Aditya Bayu (2019-01-04), Suspicious identity of U+A9B5 JAVANESE VOWEL SIGN TOLONG 
L2/19-004 Liang, Hai; Perdana, Aditya Bayu (2019-01-04), Properties of U+A9BD JAVANESE CONSONANT SIGN KERET 
L2/19-047 Anderson, Deborah (2019-01-13), Recommendations to UTC #158 January 2019 on Script Proposals 
L2/19-008 Moore, Lisa (2019-02-08), UTC #158 Minutes 
L2/19-083 Lindenberg, Norbert; Perdana, Aditya Bayu (2019-03-22), Positional category of Javanese pengkal 
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 
  1. Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

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