Multani (Unicode block)

Multani is a Unicode block containing characters used for writing the Multani alphabet, a Brahmic script used in the Multan region of Punjab and in northern Sindh in Pakistan. The script is now obsolete, but was historically used to write the Saraiki language.^[3]

Multani^[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+1128x	𑊀	𑊁	𑊂	𑊃	𑊄	𑊅	𑊆		𑊈		𑊊	𑊋	𑊌	𑊍		𑊏
U+1129x	𑊐	𑊑	𑊒	𑊓	𑊔	𑊕	𑊖	𑊗	𑊘	𑊙	𑊚	𑊛	𑊜	𑊝		𑊟
U+112Ax	𑊠	𑊡	𑊢	𑊣	𑊤	𑊥	𑊦	𑊧	𑊨	𑊩
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 Multani block:

Version	Final code points^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Count	L2 ID	WG2 ID	Document
8.0	U+11280..11286, 11288, 1128A..1128D, 1128F..1129D, 1129F..112A9	38	L2/10-011R	N3766	Pandey, Anshuman (2010-02-09), A Roadmap for Scripts of the Landa Family
			L2/10-013	N3768	Pandey, Anshuman (2010-02-09), Preliminary Proposal to Encode the Landa Script in ISO/IEC 10646
			L2/11-124	N4027	Pandey, Anshuman (2011-04-26), Preliminary Proposal to Encode the Multani Script
			L2/12-316	N4159	Pandey, Anshuman (2012-09-25), Proposal to Encode the Multani Script in ISO/IEC 10646
↑ Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

↑ "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
↑ "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
↑ Pandey, Anshuman (2012-09-25). "N4159: Proposal to Encode the Multani Script in ISO/IEC 10646" (PDF). Working Group Document, ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2.

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