Adlam (Unicode block)

Adlam
RangeU+1E900..U+1E95F
(96 code points)
PlaneSMP
ScriptsAdlam
Assigned88 code points
Unused8 reserved code points
Unicode version history
9.0 (2016)87 (+87)
12.0 (2019)88 (+1)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: [1][2]
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Adlam is a Unicode block containing characters from the Adlam script, an alphabetic script devised during the late 1980s for writing the Fula language in Guinea, Nigeria, Liberia, and other nearby countries.[which?]

History

In June 2016, Adlam was added to the Unicode Standard with the release of version 9.0.[3]

In October 2017, Google released a Noto font that supports the block, Noto Sans Adlam, although it did not handle prenasalized consonants properly.[4]

On 3 October 2018, Microsoft released an updated Ebrima font to support Adlam alphabet to Windows Insiders as part of the Windows 10 version 1903 feature update, starting from build 18252.[5]

Characters

Adlam[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+1E90x 𞤀 𞤁 𞤂 𞤃 𞤄 𞤅 𞤆 𞤇 𞤈 𞤉 𞤊 𞤋 𞤌 𞤍 𞤎 𞤏
U+1E91x 𞤐 𞤑 𞤒 𞤓 𞤔 𞤕 𞤖 𞤗 𞤘 𞤙 𞤚 𞤛 𞤜 𞤝 𞤞 𞤟
U+1E92x 𞤠 𞤡 𞤢 𞤣 𞤤 𞤥 𞤦 𞤧 𞤨 𞤩 𞤪 𞤫 𞤬 𞤭 𞤮 𞤯
U+1E93x 𞤰 𞤱 𞤲 𞤳 𞤴 𞤵 𞤶 𞤷 𞤸 𞤹 𞤺 𞤻 𞤼 𞤽 𞤾 𞤿
U+1E94x 𞥀 𞥁 𞥂 𞥃 𞥄 𞥅 𞥆 𞥇 𞥈 𞥉 𞥊 𞥋
U+1E95x 𞥐 𞥑 𞥒 𞥓 𞥔 𞥕 𞥖 𞥗 𞥘 𞥙 𞥞 𞥟
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 16.0
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 Adlam block:

Version Final code points[a] Count L2 ID WG2 ID Document
9.0 U+1E900..1E94A, 1E950..1E959, 1E95E..1E95F 87 L2/13-191 N4488 Everson, Michael (2013-10-28), Preliminary proposal to encode the Adlam script in the SMP of the UCS
L2/13-210 Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; McGowan, Rick; Pournader, Roozbeh (2013-10-31), "2", Recommendations to UTC #137 November 2013 on Script Proposals
L2/14-219R N4628 Everson, Michael (2014-09-23), Proposal for encoding the Adlam script in the SMP of the UCS
L2/14-268R Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; McGowan, Rick; Pournader, Roozbeh; Iancu, Laurențiu; Glass, Andrew; Constable, Peter; Suignard, Michel (2014-10-27), "9. Adlam", Recommendations to UTC #141 October 2014 on Script Proposals
L2/14-250 Moore, Lisa (2014-11-10), "Consensus 141-C20", UTC #141 Minutes, Accept 87 Adlam characters at U+1E900..U+1E95F in block Adlam U+1E900..U+1E95F, with properties as given in L2/14-219R for encoding in a future version of the standard.
L2/16-052 N4603 (pdf, doc) Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2015-09-01), "10.2.6", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 63
L2/19-070 Patel, Neil; Jamra, Mark (2019-01-19), Replacement of Adlam Reference Font in Codesheet to Updated Design
L2/19-119R N5076 Patel, Neil; Jamra, Mark; Cornelius, Craig; Barry, Ibrahima; Barry, Abdoulaye (2019-04-19), Replacement of Adlam Reference Font in Codesheet to Updated Design
L2/19-173 Anderson, Deborah; et al. (2019-04-29), "5. Adlam", Recommendations to UTC #159 April-May 2019 on Script Proposals
L2/19-122 Moore, Lisa (2019-05-08), "C.14", UTC #159 Minutes
12.0 U+1E94B 1 L2/18-282 Barry, Abdoulaye; Barry, Ibrahima; Constable, Peter; Glass, Andrew (2018-08-26), Proposal to encode ADLAM LETTER APOSTROPHE for ADLaM script
L2/18-274 McGowan, Rick (2018-09-14), "Feedback on an Encoding Proposal L2/18-282", Comments on Public Review Issues (July 24 - Sept 14, 2018)
L2/18-300 Anderson, Deborah; et al. (2018-09-14), "3. Adlam", Recommendations to UTC #157 on Script Proposals
L2/18-282R N5022 Barry, Abdoulaye; Barry, Ibrahima; Constable, Peter; Glass, Andrew (2018-11-17), Proposal to encode ADLAMNASALIZATION MARKfor ADLaM script
L2/18-272 Moore, Lisa (2018-10-29), "C.7", UTC #157 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 2023-07-26.
  2. ^ "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  3. ^ Waddell, Kaveh (2016-11-16). "The Alphabet That Will Save a People From Disappearing". The Atlantic.
  4. ^ "Updates". Google Noto Fonts.
  5. ^ "Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18252". Microsoft. 2018-10-03.