Meroitic Cursive (Unicode block)

Meroitic Cursive is a Unicode block containing demotic-style characters for writing Meroitic Egyptian.[3]

Meroitic Cursive[1][2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
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U+109Ax ๐ฆ โ€Ž ๐ฆกโ€Ž ๐ฆขโ€Ž ๐ฆฃโ€Ž ๐ฆคโ€Ž ๐ฆฅโ€Ž ๐ฆฆโ€Ž ๐ฆงโ€Ž ๐ฆจโ€Ž ๐ฆฉโ€Ž ๐ฆชโ€Ž ๐ฆซโ€Ž ๐ฆฌโ€Ž ๐ฆญโ€Ž ๐ฆฎโ€Ž ๐ฆฏโ€Ž
U+109Bx ๐ฆฐโ€Ž ๐ฆฑโ€Ž ๐ฆฒโ€Ž ๐ฆณโ€Ž ๐ฆดโ€Ž ๐ฆตโ€Ž ๐ฆถโ€Ž ๐ฆทโ€Ž ๐ฆผโ€Ž ๐ฆฝโ€Ž ๐ฆพโ€Ž ๐ฆฟโ€Ž
U+109Cx ๐ง€โ€Ž ๐งโ€Ž ๐ง‚โ€Ž ๐งƒโ€Ž ๐ง„โ€Ž ๐ง…โ€Ž ๐ง†โ€Ž ๐ง‡โ€Ž ๐งˆโ€Ž ๐ง‰โ€Ž ๐งŠโ€Ž ๐ง‹โ€Ž ๐งŒโ€Ž ๐งโ€Ž ๐งŽโ€Ž ๐งโ€Ž
U+109Dx ๐ง’โ€Ž ๐ง“โ€Ž ๐ง”โ€Ž ๐ง•โ€Ž ๐ง–โ€Ž ๐ง—โ€Ž ๐ง˜โ€Ž ๐ง™โ€Ž ๐งšโ€Ž ๐ง›โ€Ž ๐งœโ€Ž ๐งโ€Ž ๐งžโ€Ž ๐งŸโ€Ž
U+109Ex ๐ง โ€Ž ๐งกโ€Ž ๐งขโ€Ž ๐งฃโ€Ž ๐งคโ€Ž ๐งฅโ€Ž ๐งฆโ€Ž ๐งงโ€Ž ๐งจโ€Ž ๐งฉโ€Ž ๐งชโ€Ž ๐งซโ€Ž ๐งฌโ€Ž ๐งญโ€Ž ๐งฎโ€Ž ๐งฏโ€Ž
U+109Fx ๐งฐโ€Ž ๐งฑโ€Ž ๐งฒโ€Ž ๐งณโ€Ž ๐งดโ€Ž ๐งตโ€Ž ๐งถโ€Ž ๐งทโ€Ž ๐งธโ€Ž ๐งนโ€Ž ๐งบโ€Ž ๐งปโ€Ž ๐งผโ€Ž ๐งฝโ€Ž ๐งพโ€Ž ๐งฟโ€Ž
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 15.1
2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points
Meroitic Cursive
RangeU+109A0..U+109FF
(96 code points)
PlaneSMP
ScriptsMeroitic Cursive
Major alphabetsMeroitic Egyptian
Assigned90 code points
Unused6 reserved code points
Unicode version history
6.1 (2012)26 (+26)
8.0 (2015)90 (+64)
Unicode documentation
Code chartโ€ƒโˆฃโ€ƒWeb page
Note: [1][2]

History

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

VersionFinal code points[lower-alpha 1]CountL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
6.1U+109A0..109B7, 109BE..109BF26L2/97-268N1638Everson, Michael (1997-09-18), Proposal to encode Meroitic in Plane 1 of ISO/IEC 10646-2
L2/98-070Aliprand, Joan; Winkler, Arnold, "3.A.4.b", Minutes of the joint UTC and L2 meeting from the meeting in Cupertino, February 25-27, 1998
L2/98-286N1703Umamaheswaran, V. S.; Ksar, Mike (1998-07-02), Unconfirmed Meeting Minutes, WG 2 Meeting #34, Redmond, WA, USA; 1998-03-16--20
L2/99-222N2098Wolf, Pawel (1999-07-13), Report on the standardization of a Meroitic sign list for Unicode
N2134Everson, Michael (1999-10-02), Response to comments on the question of encoding Meroitic in the UCS (N2098)
L2/08-269N3484Everson, Michael (2008-08-04), Preliminary proposal for encoding the Meroitic script in the SMP of the UCS
L2/09-188R2N3646R2Everson, Michael (2009-05-13), Proposal for encoding the Meroitic script in the SMP of the UCS
L2/09-250N3665Everson, Michael (2009-07-29), Proposal for encoding the Meroitic Hieroglyphic and the Meroitic Cursive scripts in the SMP of the UCS
L2/09-225RMoore, Lisa (2009-08-17), "C.6", UTC #120 / L2 #217 Minutes
N3703 (pdf, doc)Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2010-04-13), "M55.25", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting no. 55, Tokyo 2009-10-26/30
8.0U+109BC..109BD, 109C0..109CF, 109D2..109FF[lower-alpha 2]64L2/11-237N4098Suignard, Michel (2011-06-06), Disposition of comments on SC2 N 4168 (ISO/IEC FCD 10646 3rd Ed., Information Technology โ€“ Universal Coded Character Set (UCS))
N4103"T3. Row 109A: Meroitic Cursive", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 58, 2012-01-03
L2/12-206N4276Everson, Michael (2012-06-06), Proposal for encoding Meroitic numbers in the SMP of the UCS
L2/12-343R2Moore, Lisa (2012-12-04), "C.19", UTC #133 Minutes
N4353 (pdf, doc)"M60.16", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 60, 2013-05-23
  1. Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names
  2. See also L2/08-269, L2/09-188R2, and L2/09-250

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.
  3. Everson, Michael (2009-07-29). "N3665: Proposal for encoding the Meroitic Hieroglyphic and the Meroitic Cursive scripts in the SMP of the UCS" (PDF). Working Group Document, ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2.
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