Vai (Unicode block)

Vai
Vai
Range	U+A500..U+A63F; (320 code points)
Plane	BMP
Scripts	Vai
Major alphabets	Vai
Assigned	300 code points
Unused	20 reserved code points
Unicode version history
5.1 (2008)	300 (+300)
Unicode documentation
	Code chart ∣ Web page
	Note: [1][2]

Vai is a Unicode block containing characters of the Vai syllabary used for writing the Vai language of Sierra Leone and Liberia.

Block

Vai^[1]^[2] Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	A	B	C	D	E	F
U+A50x	ꔀ	ꔁ	ꔂ	ꔃ	ꔄ	ꔅ	ꔆ	ꔇ	ꔈ	ꔉ	ꔊ	ꔋ	ꔌ	ꔍ	ꔎ	ꔏ
U+A51x	ꔐ	ꔑ	ꔒ	ꔓ	ꔔ	ꔕ	ꔖ	ꔗ	ꔘ	ꔙ	ꔚ	ꔛ	ꔜ	ꔝ	ꔞ	ꔟ
U+A52x	ꔠ	ꔡ	ꔢ	ꔣ	ꔤ	ꔥ	ꔦ	ꔧ	ꔨ	ꔩ	ꔪ	ꔫ	ꔬ	ꔭ	ꔮ	ꔯ
U+A53x	ꔰ	ꔱ	ꔲ	ꔳ	ꔴ	ꔵ	ꔶ	ꔷ	ꔸ	ꔹ	ꔺ	ꔻ	ꔼ	ꔽ	ꔾ	ꔿ
U+A54x	ꕀ	ꕁ	ꕂ	ꕃ	ꕄ	ꕅ	ꕆ	ꕇ	ꕈ	ꕉ	ꕊ	ꕋ	ꕌ	ꕍ	ꕎ	ꕏ
U+A55x	ꕐ	ꕑ	ꕒ	ꕓ	ꕔ	ꕕ	ꕖ	ꕗ	ꕘ	ꕙ	ꕚ	ꕛ	ꕜ	ꕝ	ꕞ	ꕟ
U+A56x	ꕠ	ꕡ	ꕢ	ꕣ	ꕤ	ꕥ	ꕦ	ꕧ	ꕨ	ꕩ	ꕪ	ꕫ	ꕬ	ꕭ	ꕮ	ꕯ
U+A57x	ꕰ	ꕱ	ꕲ	ꕳ	ꕴ	ꕵ	ꕶ	ꕷ	ꕸ	ꕹ	ꕺ	ꕻ	ꕼ	ꕽ	ꕾ	ꕿ
U+A58x	ꖀ	ꖁ	ꖂ	ꖃ	ꖄ	ꖅ	ꖆ	ꖇ	ꖈ	ꖉ	ꖊ	ꖋ	ꖌ	ꖍ	ꖎ	ꖏ
U+A59x	ꖐ	ꖑ	ꖒ	ꖓ	ꖔ	ꖕ	ꖖ	ꖗ	ꖘ	ꖙ	ꖚ	ꖛ	ꖜ	ꖝ	ꖞ	ꖟ
U+A5Ax	ꖠ	ꖡ	ꖢ	ꖣ	ꖤ	ꖥ	ꖦ	ꖧ	ꖨ	ꖩ	ꖪ	ꖫ	ꖬ	ꖭ	ꖮ	ꖯ
U+A5Bx	ꖰ	ꖱ	ꖲ	ꖳ	ꖴ	ꖵ	ꖶ	ꖷ	ꖸ	ꖹ	ꖺ	ꖻ	ꖼ	ꖽ	ꖾ	ꖿ
U+A5Cx	ꗀ	ꗁ	ꗂ	ꗃ	ꗄ	ꗅ	ꗆ	ꗇ	ꗈ	ꗉ	ꗊ	ꗋ	ꗌ	ꗍ	ꗎ	ꗏ
U+A5Dx	ꗐ	ꗑ	ꗒ	ꗓ	ꗔ	ꗕ	ꗖ	ꗗ	ꗘ	ꗙ	ꗚ	ꗛ	ꗜ	ꗝ	ꗞ	ꗟ
U+A5Ex	ꗠ	ꗡ	ꗢ	ꗣ	ꗤ	ꗥ	ꗦ	ꗧ	ꗨ	ꗩ	ꗪ	ꗫ	ꗬ	ꗭ	ꗮ	ꗯ
U+A5Fx	ꗰ	ꗱ	ꗲ	ꗳ	ꗴ	ꗵ	ꗶ	ꗷ	ꗸ	ꗹ	ꗺ	ꗻ	ꗼ	ꗽ	ꗾ	ꗿ
U+A60x	ꘀ	ꘁ	ꘂ	ꘃ	ꘄ	ꘅ	ꘆ	ꘇ	ꘈ	ꘉ	ꘊ	ꘋ	ꘌ	꘍	꘎	꘏
U+A61x	ꘐ	ꘑ	ꘒ	ꘓ	ꘔ	ꘕ	ꘖ	ꘗ	ꘘ	ꘙ	ꘚ	ꘛ	ꘜ	ꘝ	ꘞ	ꘟ
U+A62x	꘠	꘡	꘢	꘣	꘤	꘥	꘦	꘧	꘨	꘩	ꘪ	ꘫ
U+A63x
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 Vai block:

Version	Final code points[lower-alpha 1]	Count	L2 ID	WG2 ID	Document
5.1	U+A500..A62B	300	L2/04-374		Riley, Charles (2004-11-06), Status report on Vai encoding
			L2/05-053		Riley, Charles L.; Rivera, José R.; Sherman, Tombekai V.; Glavy, Jason (2005-01-31), Preliminary codechart for encoding Vai into the SMP of the UCS
			L2/05-159RR	N2948R	Everson, Michael; Riley, Charles; Rivera, José (2005-08-01), Proposal to add the Vai script to the BMP of the UCS
			L2/05-180		Moore, Lisa (2005-08-17), "Vai (C.2)", UTC #104 Minutes
				N2953 (pdf, doc)	Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2006-02-16), "7.4.5", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 47, Sophia Antipolis, France; 2005-09-12/15
			L2/06-136		McGowan, Rick (2006-04-18), Regarding WG2 N3081, proposal for additions to Vai
			L2/06-120R	N3081R	Everson, Michael (2006-04-23), Proposal for addition of Vai characters to the UCS
			L2/06-108		Moore, Lisa (2006-05-25), "C.12", UTC #107 Minutes
				N3103 (pdf, doc)	Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2006-08-25), "M48.3, M48.5c [U+A555]", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 48, Mountain View, CA, USA; 2006-04-24/27
			L2/07-104	N3243R	Everson, Michael (2007-04-18), Proposal to add additional historic syllables for Vai
			L2/07-118R2		Moore, Lisa (2007-05-23), "111-C17", UTC #111 Minutes
			L2/07-268	N3253 (pdf, doc)	Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2007-07-26), "M50.2", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 50, Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany; 2007-04-24/27
			L2/05-171		Riley, Charles (2008-07-21), List of Contributors and Participants in the Vai Proposal for Unicode
Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

References

"Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
"Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.

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[final-3] Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

[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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