Cherokee (Unicode block)

Cherokee
Range U+13A0..U+13FF
(96 code points)
Plane BMP
Scripts Cherokee
Major alphabets Cherokee
Assigned 92 code points
Unused 4 reserved code points
Unicode version history
3.0 85 (+85)
8.0 92 (+7)
Note: [1][2]

Cherokee is a Unicode block containing the syllabic characters for writing the Cherokee language. When Cherokee was first added to Unicode in version 3.0 it was treated as a unicameral alphabet, but in version 8.0 it was redefined as a bicameral script. The Cherokee block (U+13A0 to U+13FF) contains all the uppercase letters plus six lowercase letters. The Cherokee Supplement block (U+AB70 to U+ABBF) contains the rest of the lowercase letters.

Cherokee[1][2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
 0123456789ABCDEF
U+13Ax Ꭰ Ꭱ Ꭲ Ꭳ Ꭴ Ꭵ Ꭶ Ꭷ Ꭸ Ꭹ Ꭺ Ꭻ Ꭼ Ꭽ Ꭾ Ꭿ
U+13Bx Ꮀ Ꮁ Ꮂ Ꮃ Ꮄ Ꮅ Ꮆ Ꮇ Ꮈ Ꮉ Ꮊ Ꮋ Ꮌ Ꮍ Ꮎ Ꮏ
U+13Cx Ꮐ Ꮑ Ꮒ Ꮓ Ꮔ Ꮕ Ꮖ Ꮗ Ꮘ Ꮙ Ꮚ Ꮛ Ꮜ Ꮝ Ꮞ Ꮟ
U+13Dx Ꮠ Ꮡ Ꮢ Ꮣ Ꮤ Ꮥ Ꮦ Ꮧ Ꮨ Ꮩ Ꮪ Ꮫ Ꮬ Ꮭ Ꮮ Ꮯ
U+13Ex Ꮰ Ꮱ Ꮲ Ꮳ Ꮴ Ꮵ Ꮶ Ꮷ Ꮸ Ꮹ Ꮺ Ꮻ Ꮼ Ꮽ Ꮾ Ꮿ
U+13Fx Ᏸ Ᏹ Ᏺ Ᏻ Ᏼ Ᏽ ᏸ ᏹ ᏺ ᏻ ᏼ ᏽ
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 Cherokee block:

VersionFinal code points[lower-alpha 1]CountUTC IDL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
3.0U+13A0..13F485UTC/1991-102McGowan, Rick (1991-10-24), Cherokee block description and chart draft
N1172Everson, Michael (1995-03-14), Proposal for encoding the Cherokee script
UTC/1996-016Gourd, Charles (1996-03-05), Cherokee Syllabary
UTC/1996-015Everson, Michael (1996-03-08), Re: Cherokee Nation's ordering
UTC/1996-017Everson, Michael (1996-03-14), Proposal for encoding the Cherokee script
N1362Initial comments on encoding Cherokee into ISO/IEC 10646, 1996-04-01
X3L2/96-034N1356Suignard, Michel (1996-04-17), US position concerning the referenced proposal to encode the Cherokee script
N1476Paterson, Bruce (1996-12-09), Draft pDAM 12 - Cherokee
N1596Summary of Voting on SC 2 N 2807, Combined PDAM Registration and FPDAM ballot: Amendment 12: Cherokee Script, 1997-06-17
N1799Table of Replies on 10646-1/FDAM 12: Cherokee, 1998-06-12
8.0U+13F5, 13F8..13FD7L2/13-190N4487Everson, Michael; Feeling, Durbin (2013-10-24), Proposal for the addition of Cherokee characters
L2/14-064RN4537REverson, Michael (2014-02-25), Revised proposal for the addition of Cherokee characters
L2/14-187Whistler, Ken (2014-07-31), Cherokee casing decision may break identifier syntax
L2/15-214Lunde, Ken (2015-07-30), Phoreus Cherokee type specimen sheet
  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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