Devanagari (Unicode block)

Devanagari
Range U+0900..U+097F
(128 code points)
Plane BMP
Scripts Devanagari (124 char.)
Common (2 char.)
Inherited (2 char.)
Major alphabets Hindi
Sanskrit
Marathi
Assigned 128 code points
Unused 0 reserved code points
Source standards ISCII
Unicode version history
1.0.0 104 (+104)
4.0 105 (+1)
4.1 106 (+1)
5.0 110 (+4)
5.1 112 (+2)
5.2 117 (+5)
6.0 127 (+10)
7.0 128 (+1)
Note: [1][2]

Devanagari is a Unicode block containing characters for writing languages such as Hindi, Marathi, Sindhi, Nepali, and Sanskrit, among others. In its original incarnation, the code points U+0900..U+0954 were a direct copy of the characters A0-F4 from the 1988 ISCII standard. The Bengali, Gurmukhi, Gujarati, Oriya, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam blocks were similarly all based on their ISCII encodings.

Block

Devanagari[1]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
 0123456789ABCDEF
U+090x
U+091x
U+092x
U+093x ि
U+094x
U+095x
U+096x
U+097x ॿ
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 11.0

History

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

VersionFinal code points[lower-alpha 1]CountL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
1.0.0U+0901..0903, 0905..0939, 093C..094D, 0950..0954, 0958..0970104(to be determined)
L2/99-235Nepali Font Standards - White Paper Version 2
L2/99-026Agenbroad, James E. (1999-01-27), 3.0 Devanagari--Eyelash RA (3rd version)
L2/99-046Becker, Joe (1999-02-04), Specification of UTC Resolution on Eyelash RA
L2/99-234N1999Proposal for Encoding Nepalese script in the ISO/IEC 10646, 1999-03-05
N2055Ross, Hugh McGregor (1999-07-29), Comment on Proposal for Nepalese Script
L2/01-303Vikas, Om (2001-07-26), Letter from the Government from India on "Draft for Unicode Standard for Indian Scripts"
L2/01-304Feedback on Unicode Standard 3.0, 2001-08-02
L2/01-305McGowan, Rick (2001-08-08), Draft UTC Response to L2/01-304, "Feedback on Unicode Standard 3.0"
L2/01-430RMcGowan, Rick (2001-11-20), UTC Response to L2/01-304, “Feedback on Unicode Standard 3.0”
L2/02-017Whistler, Ken (2002-01-14), Character Properties for avagrahas, etc.
L2/02-215N2466Sato, T. K. (2002-05-15), Status in Nepal on n2055 (UK comment on encoding request for Nepali n1999-Nepal)
L2/04-279Constable, Peter (2004-06-30), Proposal on Clarification and Consolidation of the Function of ZERO WIDTH JOINER in Indic Scripts
L2/04-328Leca, Antoine (2004-08-04), Response to Public Review Issue #37
L2/04-418Muller, Eric (2004-11-18), Report of the Indic ad-hoc
L2/04-361Moore, Lisa (2004-11-23), "101-A101", UTC #101 Minutes
L2/05-049Public Review Issue #59, Disunification of Dandas, 2005-01-28
L2/05-055Muller, Eric (2005-01-29), Comments on PRI 59: Script Specific Danda and Double Danda
L2/05-147Muller, Eric (2005-05-11), Comments on PRI 65: Devanagari Eyelash Ra
L2/06-203Baums, Stefan (2006-05-14), Latin Dandas
L2/06-373Proposal for additional character, 2006-11-04
L2/06-398Pandey, Anshuman (2006-12-15), Comments on L2/06-373 (addition of 'apostrophe' to Devanagari)
L2/08-086Danda Guidelines Draft, 2008-01-30
L2/08-118RN3457Criteria for the encoding of script-specific dandas, 2008-03-02
L2/08-197Representation of Bodo, Dogri and Maithili languages in Unicode Standard, 2008-05-06
L2/08-210Lata, Swaran (2008-05-07), Usage examples for Bodo, Dogri, Maithili tone marker
L2/09-340Sharma, Shriramana (2009-10-09), Request for change of annotation of 0951 Devanagari Stress Sign Udatta
L2/09-423Sharma, Shriramana (2009-11-01), Request for an annotation for the generic Indic danda-s
L2/12-029Whistler, Ken (2012-01-26), Error in ScriptExtensions.txt (Takri use of dandas)
L2/12-106Sharma, Shriramana (2012-03-17), "Generic Indic", Request for editorial updates to various Indic scripts
L2/12-164Sharma, Shriramana (2012-05-02), "Devanagari", Further editorial updates for Indic
L2/13-202McGowan, Rick (2013-11-01), "Dandas need more scripts in ScriptExtensions.txt", Comments on Public Review Issues (July 30 - Oct 31, 2013)
L2/13-224Pournader, Roozbeh (2013-11-07), Samples for usage of dandas in Gujarati, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, and Tamil
4.0U+09041L2/01-431R[lower-alpha 2]McGowan, Rick (2001-11-08), Actions for UTC and Editorial Committee in response to L2/01-430R
L2/02-117N2425McGowan, Rick (2002-03-21), Additional Characters for Indic Scripts
4.1U+097D1L2/02-394N2543Constable, Peter; Smith, Steve (2002-11-01), Proposal for Encoding Devanagari Glottal Stop
5.0U+097B..097C, 097E..097F4L2/02-402Bhaskararao, Peri (2002-12-20), Comments on Revision of Unicode Standard 3.0 for Devanagari Script
L2/03-102Vikas, Om (2003-03-04), Unicode Standard for Indic Scripts
L2/03-101.2Proposed Changes in Indic Scripts [Devanagari document], 2003-03-04
L2/05-063Vikas, Om (2005-02-07), "Awaiting Updates-Devanagari", Issues in Representation of Indic Scripts in Unicode
L2/05-070McGowan, Rick (2005-02-09), Indic ad hoc report
L2/05-082N2934Everson, Michael (2005-03-30), Proposal to add four characters for Sindhi to the BMP of the UCS
5.1U+09711L2/06-137N3125Kew, Jonathan; Smith, Steve (2006-04-20), Proposal to encode Devanagari Sign High Spacing Dot
U+09721L2/07-027Constable, Peter (2007-01-23), Encoded Representation of Devanagari Candra A
N3249Proposal to Encode Devanagari Letter Candra A in the UCS [originally N2809], 2007-04-20
L2/07-133Constable, Peter (2007-04-30), Proposal to Encode Devanagari Letter Candra A in the UCS
5.2U+0900, 094E, 0955, 0979..097A5L2/00-155Moore, Lisa (2000-05-31), Comments on Encoding Vedic Accents Proposal
L2/03-066New Proposal for Vedic Characters and Symbols, 2003-02-26
L2/03-067Joshi, R. K. (2003-02-27), Vedic Code Set; a draft
L2/04-398Proposal to encode Vedic accents, etc., 2004-11-12
L2/05-228Muller, Eric (2005-08-11), Analysis of a TDIL proposal for Vedic
L2/06-185Proposal for Encoding of Vedic Characters & Symbols in Unicode, 2006-05-10
L2/06-384Lata, Swaran (2006-10-25), Letter from T. N. Dharmadhikari in support of Vedic repertoire
L2/07-060Scharf, Peter (2007-02-02), Vedic Unicode Workshop Report
L2/07-095RN3235REverson, Michael; Scharf, Peter; Angot, Michel; Chandrashekar, R.; Hyman, Malcolm; Rosenfield, Susan; Sastry, B. V. Venkatakrishna; Witzel, Michael (2007-04-13), Proposal to encode characters for Vedic Sanskrit in the BMP of the UCS
L2/07-230N3290Everson, Michael; Scharf, Peter; Angot, Michel; Chandrashekar, R.; Hyman, Malcolm; Rosenfield, Susan; Sastry, B. V. Venkatakrishna; Witzel, Michael (2007-07-26), Revised proposal to encode characters for Vedic Sanskrit in the BMP of the UCS
L2/07-254Bhushan, E. K. Bharat (2007-08-01), Unicode for Vedic Sanskrit (letter to Mark Davis)
L2/07-262Scharf, Peter (2007-08-07), Outline of the development of WG2/n3290 = L2/07-230
L2/07-271Scharf, Peter (2007-08-08), Comparison of proposed characters in Lata 2006 (L2/06-185) with Scharf and Everson WG2/n3290 (L2/07-230)
L2/07-396Joshi, R. K.; Irani, Alka (2007-10-10), Proposal for Encoding of Vaidika Character and Symbols in Unicode
L2/07-386Joshi, R. K. (2007-10-17), Comments on Comparison of proposed characters in Lata 2006 (L2/06-185) with Scharf and Everson WG2/n3290 (L2/07-230)
L2/07-388Joshi, R. K. (2007-10-17), Following observations have been made with reference to the document No. L2/07-095 dated: 2007-04-13
L2/07-343N3366Everson, Michael; Scharf, Peter; Angot, Michel; Chandrashekar, R.; Hyman, Malcolm; Rosenfield, Susan; Sastry, B. V. Venkatakrishna; Witzel, Michael (2007-10-18), Proposal to encode 55 characters for Vedic Sanskrit in the BMP of the UCS
L2/07-394Scharf, Peter (2007-10-18), Significant differences between L2/07-230 and L2/07-343
L2/07-395Joshi, R. K.; et al. (2007-10-18), Request for feedback on draft proposal for encoding Vaidika characters and symbols in Unicode
L2/07-397Joshi, R. K.; et al. (2007-10-18), Vaidika Vowels and Consonants
L2/07-400Scharf, Peter (2007-10-18), Comments on R. K. Joshi's documents L2/07-386 and L2/07-388
L2/07-401Scharf, Peter (2007-10-18), Equivalences between L2/07-396 and L2/07-343
L2/08-035Scharf, Peter; Rosenfield, Susan J. (2008-01-22), Vedic Revisions 2008 Jan 14, Revisions to N3366 = L2/07-343
L2/08-042Joshi, R. K. (2008-01-23), Proposal for Encoding of Vaidika Characters & Symbols in Unicode
L2/08-043Joshi, R. K. (2008-01-28), Vaidika Extensions A & B (Vedic evidence to accompany L2/08-042)
L2/08-092N3385Everson, Michael; Scharf, Peter (2008-01-31), Comparison between two Vedic proposals of January 2008
L2/08-097Amendments to L2/08-042, L2/08-043, 2008-01-31
L2/08-050RN3383REverson, Michael; Scharf, Peter (2008-03-06), Summary proposal to encode characters for Vedic in the BMP of the UCS
L2/08-096Joshi, R. K. (2008-02-02), Comparison of L2/08-042 and L2/08-050
L2/08-110Muller, Eric (2008-02-08), South Asia Subcommittee Report
L2/08-176N3456RAnderson, Deborah (2008-04-18), Summary of Vedic Characters based on N3385, N3383R, and the Unicode Pipeline
L2/08-196Proposal for Encoding of Vaidika Sanskrit Characters & Symbols in the BMP of UCS, 2008-05-05
L2/08-216Scharf, Peter (2008-05-08), Comments on L2/08-196 regarding the encoding of Sanskrit and Vedic
L2/08-294Scharf, Peter (2008-08-06), Placement of characters in Vedic, Devanagari, and Devanagari Extended blocks
L2/08-273R3N3488R3Everson, Michael; Scharf, Peter (2008-08-21), Proposal to encode two characters for Vedic in the UCS
L2/09-067Lata, Swaran (2009-01-28), Encoding of Vaidika Sanskrit Characters & Symbols in the BMP of UCS
6.0U+093A..093B, 094F, 0956..0957, 0973..097710L2/08-250N3480Everson, Michael; Satpute, Pravin (2006-07-03), Proposal to add four characters for Kashmiri to the BMP
L2/09-012Lata, Swaran (2009-01-07), Encoding of additional characters in Unicode for representation of Kashmiri
L2/09-311Lata, Swaran (2009-08-11), Letter from Swaran Lata re Kashmiri Additions to Devanagari
L2/09-389Everson, Michael (2009-09-18), Consensus on Kashmiri additions for Devanagari
L2/09-369N3710Proposal to add Six characters in the Devanagari block for representation of Kashmiri language in Devanagari script, 2009-10-14
L2/09-377Pandey, Anshuman (2009-10-26), Comments on India's Proposal to Add Devanagari Characters for Kashmiri (N3710 L2/09-369)
L2/09-403Pandey, Anshuman (2009-11-01), Comments on 'Consensus on Kashmiri additions for Devanagari' (N3727 L2/09-389)
7.0U+09781L2/10-475RN3970Pandey, Anshuman (2011-05-23), Proposal to Encode the Marwari Letter DDA for Devanagari
  1. Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names
  2. See also L2/01-303, L2/01-304, L2/01-305, and L2/01-430R

See also

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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