Ahom (Unicode block)

Ahom is a Unicode block containing characters used for writing the Ahom alphabet, which was used to write the Ahom language spoken by the Ahom people in Assam between the 13th and the 18th centuries.[3]

Ahom
RangeU+11700..U+1174F
(80 code points)
PlaneSMP
ScriptsAhom
Major alphabetsAhom
Assigned65 code points
Unused15 reserved code points
Unicode version history
8.0 (2015)57 (+57)
11.0 (2018)58 (+1)
14.0 (2021)65 (+7)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: The Ahom block was expanded by 16 code points in Unicode 14.0.[1][2]

The block size was expanded by 16 code points in Unicode version 14.0 (version 13: 1173F → version 14: 1174F), and 7 more characters were defined.[4] This is the first block to be expanded since Unicode version 1.1.

Ahom[1][2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
 0123456789ABCDEF
U+1170x 𑜀 𑜁 𑜂 𑜃 𑜄 𑜅 𑜆 𑜇 𑜈 𑜉 𑜊 𑜋 𑜌 𑜍 𑜎 𑜏
U+1171x 𑜐 𑜑 𑜒 𑜓 𑜔 𑜕 𑜖 𑜗 𑜘 𑜙 𑜚 𑜝 𑜞 𑜟
U+1172x 𑜠 𑜡 𑜢 𑜣 𑜤 𑜥 𑜦 𑜧 𑜨 𑜩 𑜪 𑜫
U+1173x 𑜰 𑜱 𑜲 𑜳 𑜴 𑜵 𑜶 𑜷 𑜸 𑜹 𑜺 𑜻 𑜼 𑜽 𑜾 𑜿
U+1174x 𑝀 𑝁 𑝂 𑝃 𑝄 𑝅 𑝆
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 15.1
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 Ahom block:

VersionFinal code points[lower-alpha 1]CountL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
8.0U+11700..11719, 1171D..1172B, 11730..1173F57L2/10-359N3928Hosken, Martin; Morey, Stephen (2010-09-17), Preliminary Proposal to add the Ahom Script in the SMP of the UCS
L2/12-222N4290Hosken, Martin; Morey, Stephen (2012-07-02), Proposal to add the Ahom Script in the SMP of the UCS
L2/12-267Anderson, Deborah; McGowan, Rick; Whistler, Ken (2012-07-21), "V. AHOM", Review of Indic-related documents and Recommendations to the UTC
L2/12-309RN4321RHosken, Martin (2012-10-23), Revised Proposal to add the Ahom Script in the SMP of the UCS
L2/12-343R2Moore, Lisa (2012-12-04), "Consensus 133-C16", UTC #133 Minutes
N4353 (pdf, doc)"M60.09", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 60, 2013-05-23
L2/21-123Cummings, Craig (2021-08-03), "Consensus 168-C3", Draft Minutes of UTC Meeting 168, Remove the assignment of GCB=SpacingMark for U+11720..U+11721 AHOM VOWEL SIGN A and AA, letting them default to GCB=Other, for Unicode version 14.0.
11.0U+1171A1L2/15-272Hosken, Martin; Morey, Stephen (2015-10-26), Proposal to add one extra character to the Ahom Block
L2/15-254Moore, Lisa (2015-11-16), "D.13", UTC #145 Minutes
14.0U+11740..117467L2/20-258Morey, Stephen (2020-09-29), Proposal to encode additional signs for the Tai Ahom script
L2/20-250Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Moore, Lisa; Constable, Peter; Liang, Hai (2020-10-01), "9. Ahom", Recommendations to UTC #165 October 2020 on Script Proposals
L2/20-237Moore, Lisa (2020-10-27), "Consensus 165-C17", UTC #165 Minutes
  1. Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

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. Hosken, Martin; Morey, Stephen (2012-10-23). "N4321R: Revised Proposal to add the Ahom Script in the SMP of the UCS" (PDF). Working Group Document, ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2.
  4. "BETA Unicode 14.0.0". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
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