Inscriptional Pahlavi (Unicode block)

Inscriptional Pahlavi is a Unicode block containing monumental inscription characters for writing Middle Persian.

Inscriptional Pahlavi[1][2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
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U+10B6x 𐭠 𐭡 𐭢 𐭣 𐭤 𐭥 𐭦 𐭧 𐭨 𐭩 𐭪 𐭫 𐭬 𐭭 𐭮 𐭯
U+10B7x 𐭰 𐭱 𐭲 𐭸 𐭹 𐭺 𐭻 𐭼 𐭽 𐭾 𐭿
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 15.1
2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points
Inscriptional Pahlavi
RangeU+10B60..U+10B7F
(32 code points)
PlaneSMP
ScriptsInscriptional Pahlavi
Major alphabetsMiddle Persian monumental
Assigned27 code points
Unused5 reserved code points
Unicode version history
5.2 (2009)27 (+27)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: [1][2]

History

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

VersionFinal code points[lower-alpha 1]CountL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
5.2U+10B60..10B72, 10B78..10B7F27L2/00-128Bunz, Carl-Martin (2000-03-01), Scripts from the Past in Future Versions of Unicode
L2/01-007Bunz, Carl-Martin (2000-12-21), "Inscriptional Alphabets (Middle Persian, Parthian) and Sogdian vs. Aramaic", Iranianist Meeting Report: Symposium on Encoding Iranian Scripts in Unicode
L2/02-009Bunz, Carl-Martin (2001-11-23), "Avestan and Pahlavi scripts", 2nd Iranian Meeting Report
L2/02-449N2556Everson, Michael (2002-12-04), Revised proposal to encode the Avestan and Pahlavi script in the UCS
L2/07-102N3241Everson, Michael (2007-04-12), Proposal for encoding the Parthian, Inscriptional Pahlavi, and Psalter Pahlavi scripts in the BMP of the UCS
N3353 (pdf, doc)Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2007-10-10), "M51.16", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 51 Hanzhou, China; 2007-04-24/27
L2/07-268N3253 (pdf, doc)Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2007-07-26), "8.17", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 50, Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany; 2007-04-24/27
L2/07-225Moore, Lisa (2007-08-21), "C.8", UTC #112 Minutes
L2/07-207RN3286REverson, Michael; Pournader, Roozbeh (2007-08-24), Proposal for encoding the Inscriptional Parthian, Inscriptional Pahlavi, and Psalter Pahlavi scripts in the SMP of the UCS
  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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