Cham (Unicode block)

Cham
Range U+AA00..U+AA5F
(96 code points)
Plane BMP
Scripts Cham
Major alphabets Eastern Cham
Assigned 83 code points
Unused 13 reserved code points
Unicode version history
5.1 83 (+83)
Note: [1][2]

Cham is a Unicode block containing characters for writing the Cham language, primarily used for the Eastern dialect in Cambodia.

Cham[1][2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
 0123456789ABCDEF
U+AA0x
U+AA1x
U+AA2x
U+AA3x
U+AA4x
U+AA5x
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 11.0
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 Cham block:

VersionFinal code points[lower-alpha 1]CountL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
5.1U+AA00..AA36, AA40..AA4D, AA50..AA59, AA5C..AA5F83N1126Cham script [proposal summary form], 1994-10-14
L2/97-143N1578Everson, Michael (1997-04-06), Cham encoding discussion
L2/97-124N1559Everson, Michael (1997-05-01), Proposal for encoding the Cham script in ISO/IEC 10646
L2/99-081N1960Everson, Michael (1999-02-01), Response to Ngo Trung Viet on feedback from Cham experts
N1997Nhan, Ngo Than (1999-03-09), Response to Michael Everson
L2/06-257N3120Everson, Michael (2006-08-06), Proposal for encoding the Cham script in the BMP 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 2016-07-09.
  2. "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
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