Cypriot Syllabary (Unicode block)

Cypriot Syllabary is the Unicode block encoding the Cypriot syllabary, a writing system for Greek used in Cyprus from the 9th-3rd centuries BCE.

Cypriot Syllabary[1][2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
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U+1080x 𐠀 𐠁 𐠂 𐠃 𐠄 𐠅 𐠈 𐠊 𐠋 𐠌 𐠍 𐠎 𐠏
U+1081x 𐠐 𐠑 𐠒 𐠓 𐠔 𐠕 𐠖 𐠗 𐠘 𐠙 𐠚 𐠛 𐠜 𐠝 𐠞 𐠟
U+1082x 𐠠 𐠡 𐠢 𐠣 𐠤 𐠥 𐠦 𐠧 𐠨 𐠩 𐠪 𐠫 𐠬 𐠭 𐠮 𐠯
U+1083x 𐠰 𐠱 𐠲 𐠳 𐠴 𐠵 𐠷 𐠸 𐠼 𐠿
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 13.0
2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points
Cypriot Syllabary
RangeU+10800..U+1083F
(64 code points)
PlaneSMP
ScriptsCypriot
Major alphabetsCypriot Greek
Assigned55 code points
Unused9 reserved code points
Unicode version history
4.055 (+55)
Note: [1][2]

History

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

VersionFinal code points[lower-alpha 1]CountL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
4.0U+10800..10805, 10808, 1080A..10835, 10837..10838, 1083C, 1083F55L2/97-105N1575Jenkins, John H. (1997-05-21), Overview of the Aegean scripts
L2/97-108Jenkins, John H. (1997-05-22), Proposal to add Cypriot Syllabary to ISO/IEC 10646
L2/97-288N1603Umamaheswaran, V. S. (1997-10-24), "8.24.1", Unconfirmed Meeting Minutes, WG 2 Meeting # 33, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, 20 June - 4 July 1997
L2/00-128Bunz, Carl-Martin (2000-03-01), Scripts from the Past in Future Versions of Unicode
L2/01-084Anderson, Deborah (2001-01-28), Status Report on Aegean Script Proposal (Linear B, Aegean Numbers and Cypriot Syllabary)
L2/01-149N2327Anderson, Deborah; Everson, Michael (2001-04-03), Revised proposal to encode Aegean scripts in the UCS
L2/01-217Anderson, Deborah (2001-05-20), Status Report on Aegean Script Proposal (Linear B, Aegean Numbers and Cypriot Syllabary)
L2/01-184RMoore, Lisa (2001-06-18), "Motion 87-M4", Minutes from the UTC/L2 meeting
L2/01-370N2378Anderson, Deborah; Everson, Michael (2001-10-03), Final proposal to encode Aegean scripts in the UCS
L2/02-154N2403Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2002-04-22), "Resolution M41.8", Draft minutes of WG 2 meeting 41, Hotel Phoenix, Singapore, 2001-10-15/19
  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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