Javanese (Unicode block)

Javanese is a Unicode block containing aksara Jawa characters traditionally used for writing the Javanese language. The Javanese script was added to the Unicode Standard in October 2009 with the release of version 5.2.

Javanese
RangeU+A980..U+A9DF
(96 code points)
PlaneBMP
ScriptsJavanese (90 char.)
Common (1 char.)
Major alphabetsAksara Jawa
Assigned91 code points
Unused5 reserved code points
Unicode version history
5.291 (+91)
Note: [1][2]

Block

The Unicode block for Javanese is U+A980U+A9DF. There are 91 code points for Javanese script: 53 letters, 19 punctuation marks, 10 numbers, and 9 vowels:

Javanese[1][2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
 0123456789ABCDEF
U+A98x
U+A99x
U+A9Ax
U+A9Bx ꦿ
U+A9Cx
U+A9Dx
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 13.0
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 Javanese block:

VersionFinal code points[lower-alpha 1]CountL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
5.2U+A980..A9CD, A9CF..A9D9, A9DE..A9DF91L2/98-041Hellingman, Jeroen (1997-05-19), Javanese Proposal
L2/98-070Aliprand, Joan; Winkler, Arnold, "3.D.1", Minutes of the joint UTC and L2 meeting from the meeting in Cupertino, February 25-27, 1998
L2/06-080Sayoga, Teguh Budi (2006-03-13), Proposal for encoding the Javanese Script in the UCS (A900-A97F)
L2/07-232R2N3292R2Everson, Michael (2007-07-31), Preliminary proposal for encoding the Javanese script in the UCS
L2/07-237Pentzlin, Karl (2007-07-31), Comment on L2/07-232 - Suggestion to encode Javanese in the SMP
L2/07-248Anderson, Deborah (2007-08-01), Re L2/07-237 Comment on L2/07-232 Suggestion to encode Javanese in the SMP
L2/07-295N3319REverson, Michael (2007-09-11), Proposal for encoding the Javanese script in the UCS
L2/07-298N3329Everson, Michael (2007-09-11), Javanese government support for encoding the Javanese script
L2/08-003Moore, Lisa (2008-02-14), "Javanese", UTC #114 Minutes
L2/08-015RN3319R3Everson, Michael (2008-03-06), Proposal for encoding the Javanese script in the UCS
L2/08-318N3453 (pdf, doc)Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2008-08-13), "M52.7", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 52
L2/09-122N3613Anderson, Deborah (2009-04-10), Name correction for FPDAM 6: Javanese A9C0 JAVANESE PANGKON
L2/09-234N3603 (pdf, doc)Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2009-07-08), "M54.03a", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 54
L2/09-104Moore, Lisa (2009-05-20), "Consensus 119-C19", UTC #119 / L2 #216 Minutes, Approve the name changes in section A, B, and C of document L2/09-177... [U+A9C0]
L2/09-350Whistler, Ken (2009-10-21), Property Correction for U+A9B3 Javanese Sign Cecak Telu
L2/16-327McGowan, Rick (2016-11-07), "Incorrect Indic positional category for Javanese consonant sign cakra", Comments on Public Review Issues (July 27 - Nov 7, 2016)
L2/17-037Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Glass, Andrew; Iancu, Laurențiu; Moore, Lisa; Liang, Hai; Ishida, Richard; Misra, Karan; McGowan, Rick (2017-01-21), "11. Javanese", Recommendations to UTC #150 January 2017 on Script Proposals
L2/17-038Lindenberg, Norbert (2017-01-21), Indic positional category for Javanese cakra
L2/17-016Moore, Lisa (2017-02-08), "B.14.5 Indic positional category for Javanese cakra", UTC #150 Minutes
L2/17-163Pournader, Roozbeh (2017-05-09), Indic Syllabic Category of Javanese Cakra
L2/17-103Moore, Lisa (2017-05-18), "B.14.7 Indic positional category of Javanese Cakra", UTC #151 Minutes
L2/19-003Liang, Hai; Perdana, Aditya Bayu (2019-01-04), Suspicious identity of U+A9B5 JAVANESE VOWEL SIGN TOLONG
L2/19-004Liang, Hai; Perdana, Aditya Bayu (2019-01-04), Properties of U+A9BD JAVANESE CONSONANT SIGN KERET
L2/19-047Anderson, Deborah; et al. (2019-01-13), "16.a. Javanese Consonant sign Keret, 16.b. Javanese Vowel sign Tolong", Recommendations to UTC #158 January 2019 on Script Proposals
L2/19-008Moore, Lisa (2019-02-08), "B.14.1 Properties of U+A9BD JAVANESE CONSONANT SIGN KERET, C.4 Suspicious identity of U+A9B5 JAVANESE VOWEL SIGN TOLONG", UTC #158 Minutes
L2/19-083Lindenberg, Norbert; Perdana, Aditya Bayu (2019-03-22), Positional category of Javanese pengkal
L2/19-173Anderson, Deborah; et al. (2019-04-29), "17. Javanese", Recommendations to UTC #159 April-May 2019 on Script Proposals
L2/19-122Moore, Lisa (2019-05-08), "B.13.1 Positional category of Javanese pengkal", UTC #159 Minutes
  1. Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

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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