Batak (Unicode block)

Batak is a Unicode block containing characters for writing the Batak dialects of Karo, Mandailing, Pakpak, Simalungun, and Toba.

Batak[1][2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
 0123456789ABCDEF
U+1BCx
U+1BDx
U+1BEx
U+1BFx ᯿
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 13.0
2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points
Batak
RangeU+1BC0..U+1BFF
(64 code points)
PlaneBMP
ScriptsBatak
Major alphabetsKaro
Mandailing
Pakpak
Simalungun
Toba
Assigned56 code points
Unused8 reserved code points
Unicode version history
6.056 (+56)
Note: [1][2]

History

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

VersionFinal code points[lower-alpha 1]CountL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
6.0U+1BC0..1BF3, 1BFC..1BFF56L2/99-066Everson, Michael (1999-02-11), Batak script [preliminary chart]
L2/07-233RN3293REverson, Michael (2007-07-26), Preliminary proposal for encoding the Batak script in the UCS
L2/08-147N3446McGowan, Rick; Whistler, Ken (2008-04-14), Discussion of Batak Vowel Ordering
L2/08-274N3489Everson, Michael; Kozok, Uli (2008-08-04), On the inputting model for Batak
L2/08-312Anderson, Deborah (2008-08-11), Batak Input
L2/08-011RN3320REverson, Michael; Kozok, Uli (2008-10-07), Proposal for encoding the Batak script in the UCS
L2/08-412N3553 (pdf, doc)Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2008-11-05), "M53.21", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 53
L2/09-063Anderson, Deborah (2009-01-29), Dialect‐Specific Characters in Batak (Batak proposal: L2/08‐011 WG2 N3320R)
L2/09-104Moore, Lisa (2009-05-20), "Consensus 119-C23", UTC #119 / L2 #216 Minutes
N4103"Resolution: M58.02", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 58, 2012-01-03
  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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