Armenian (Unicode block)

Armenian is a Unicode block containing characters for writing the Armenian language, both the traditional Western Armenian and reformed Eastern Armenian orthographies. Five Armenian ligatures are encoded in the Alphabetic Presentation Forms block.

Armenian
RangeU+0530..U+058F
(96 code points)
PlaneBMP
ScriptsArmenian
Major alphabetsArmenian alphabet
Assigned91 code points
Unused5 reserved code points
Unicode version history
1.0.0 (1991)84 (+84)
1.1 (1993)85 (+1)
3.0 (1999)86 (+1)
6.1 (2012)87 (+1)
7.0 (2014)89 (+2)
11.0 (2018)91 (+2)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: [1][2]

Block

Armenian[1][2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
 0123456789ABCDEF
U+053x Ա Բ Գ Դ Ե Զ Է Ը Թ Ժ Ի Լ Խ Ծ Կ
U+054x Հ Ձ Ղ Ճ Մ Յ Ն Շ Ո Չ Պ Ջ Ռ Ս Վ Տ
U+055x Ր Ց Ւ Փ Ք Օ Ֆ ՙ ՚ ՛ ՜ ՝ ՞ ՟
U+056x ՠ ա բ գ դ ե զ է ը թ ժ ի լ խ ծ կ
U+057x հ ձ ղ ճ մ յ ն շ ո չ պ ջ ռ ս վ տ
U+058x ր ց ւ փ ք օ ֆ և ֈ ։ ֊ ֍ ֎ ֏
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 15.1
2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

History

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

VersionFinal code points[lower-alpha 1]CountL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
1.0.0U+0531..0556, 0559..055F, 0561..0586, 058984(to be determined)
L2/17-315Golev, Yury; Anderson, Deborah (2017-09-07), Evidence of diaeresis in Armenian
L2/17-384Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Moore, Lisa; Liang, Hai (2017-10-22), "4. Armenian", Recommendations to UTC #153 October 2017 on Script Proposals
L2/17-362Moore, Lisa (2018-02-02), "C.5. Evidence of diaeresis in Armenian", UTC #153 Minutes
1.1U+05871(to be determined)
3.0U+058A1N1395Youatt, Richard (1996-06-04), Armenian Repertoire Proposal Summary Form
N1444Everson, Michael (1996-08-07), Proposed amendments to N 1395 - Armenian
N1446U.S. Position on Armenian (N 1395), 1996-08-09
N1453Ksar, Mike; Umamaheswaran, V. S. (1996-12-06), "8.11", WG 2 Minutes - Quebec Meeting 31
N1560Youatt, Richard (1997-05-16), Response on US feedback on Armenian
L2/97-161N1616Suignard, Michel (1997-07-03), Armenian ad hoc report
L2/97-288N1603Umamaheswaran, V. S. (1997-10-24), "8.23", Unconfirmed Meeting Minutes, WG 2 Meeting # 33, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, 20 June - 4 July 1997
L2/98-004RN1681Text of ISO 10646 - AMD 18 for PDAM registration and FPDAM ballot, 1997-12-22
L2/98-318N1894Revised text of 10646-1/FPDAM 18, AMENDMENT 18: Symbols and Others, 1998-10-22
6.1U+058F1L2/10-015RMoore, Lisa (2010-02-09), "D.5", UTC #122 / L2 #219 Minutes
L2/10-008RN3771Pentzlin, Karl (2010-02-10), Proposal to encode an Armenian Dram currency symbol
N3824-SARMSARM – Armenian NB Comments on SC 2 N 4125, ISO/IEC FCD 10646) [Proposal for Armenian symbols], 2010-04-19
L2/10-136N3827Suignard, Michel (2010-04-21), "Proposal to add DRAM SIGN", Disposition of comments on SC2 N 4125 (ISO/IEC FCD 10646)
N3803 (pdf, doc)"M56.08g", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting no. 56, 2010-09-24
7.0U+058D..058E2L2/98-426N1981Armenian Comments on SC 2 N 3134, Application for Registration No.221, Armenian alphabet coded character set for bibliographic information interchange, 1998-12-16
L2/99-047N1984Suignard, Michel (1999-02-05), Encoding of the Armenian script in ISO/IEC 10646, answer to SC2 N3222
L2/99-054RAliprand, Joan (1999-06-21), "Armenian", Approved Minutes from the UTC/L2 meeting in Palo Alto, February 3-5, 1999
L2/99-232N2003Umamaheswaran, V. S. (1999-08-03), "7.2.1.5", Minutes of WG 2 meeting 36, Fukuoka, Japan, 1999-03-09--15
L2/10-133N3824Summary of Voting on SC 2 N 4125, ISO/IEC FCD 10646, 2010-04-19
N3824-SARMSARM – Armenian NB Comments on SC 2 N 4125, ISO/IEC FCD 10646) [Proposal for Armenian symbols], 2010-04-19
L2/10-136N3827Suignard, Michel (2010-04-21), "Proposal to add ETERNITY SIGN", Disposition of comments on SC2 N 4125 (ISO/IEC FCD 10646)
L2/10-354N3924Everson, Michael (2010-09-24), Proposal to encode two symbols for Armenian
L2/10-372N3921Summary of Voting on SC 2 N 4146, ISO/IEC CD 10646 (3rd Ed.), 2010-09-24
L2/10-373N3923Pentzlin, Karl (2010-09-24), Proposal to add an Armenian Eternity Sign to the UCS
N3903 (pdf, doc)"M57.13", Unconfirmed minutes of WG2 meeting 57, 2011-03-31
L2/11-261R2Moore, Lisa (2011-08-16), "Consensus 128-C29", UTC #128 / L2 #225 Minutes, Approve revised code points for the two Armenian eternity signs...
N4103"T.3. Miscellaneous Pictographic Symbols", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 58, 2012-01-03
11.0U+0560, 05882L2/17-032N4806Baronian, Luc V. (2017-01-19), Armenian Phonetic Characters in Unicode
L2/17-037Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Glass, Andrew; Iancu, Laurențiu; Moore, Lisa; Liang, Hai; Ishida, Richard; Misra, Karan; McGowan, Rick (2017-01-21), "1. Armenian", Recommendations to UTC #150 January 2017 on Script Proposals
L2/17-016Moore, Lisa (2017-02-08), "C.13", UTC #150 Minutes
N4953 (pdf, doc)"M66.03a", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 66, 2018-03-23, 058B ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER TURNED AYB is moved to 0560, and 058C ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER YI WITH STROKE is moved to 0588.
L2/17-353Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken (2017-10-02), "A. Armenian", WG2 Consent Docket
L2/17-362Moore, Lisa (2018-02-02), "Consensus 153-C1", UTC #153 Minutes
  1. Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

References

  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.
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