Deseret (Unicode block)

Deseret (/ˌdɛzəˈrɛt/ ⓘ)[3] is a Unicode block containing characters in the Deseret alphabet, which were invented by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) to write English. The Deseret block was derived from an earlier private use encoding in the ConScript Unicode Registry, like the Shavian and Phaistos Disc encodings. The block was added in version 3.1 of the Unicode Standard; the letters Oi and Ew, both uppercase and lowercase, were added in version 4.0.

Deseret[1]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
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U+1040x 𐐀 𐐁 𐐂 𐐃 𐐄 𐐅 𐐆 𐐇 𐐈 𐐉 𐐊 𐐋 𐐌 𐐍 𐐎 𐐏
U+1041x 𐐐 𐐑 𐐒 𐐓 𐐔 𐐕 𐐖 𐐗 𐐘 𐐙 𐐚 𐐛 𐐜 𐐝 𐐞 𐐟
U+1042x 𐐠 𐐡 𐐢 𐐣 𐐤 𐐥 𐐦 𐐧 𐐨 𐐩 𐐪 𐐫 𐐬 𐐭 𐐮 𐐯
U+1043x 𐐰 𐐱 𐐲 𐐳 𐐴 𐐵 𐐶 𐐷 𐐸 𐐹 𐐺 𐐻 𐐼 𐐽 𐐾 𐐿
U+1044x 𐑀 𐑁 𐑂 𐑃 𐑄 𐑅 𐑆 𐑇 𐑈 𐑉 𐑊 𐑋 𐑌 𐑍 𐑎 𐑏
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 15.1
Deseret
RangeU+10400..U+1044F
(80 code points)
PlaneSMP
ScriptsDeseret
Major alphabetsDeseret English
Assigned80 code points
Unused0 reserved code points
Source standardsConScript Unicode Registry
Unicode version history
3.1 (2001)76 (+76)
4.0 (2003)80 (+4)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: [1][2]

History

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

VersionFinal code points[lower-alpha 1]CountL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
3.1U+10400..10425, 10428..1044D76X3L2/96-104Jenkins, John H. (1996-11-08), Proposal for encoding the Deseret Alphabet in ISO/IEC 10646
X3L2/96-123Aliprand, Joan; Winkler, Arnold (1996-12-18), "4.1 Deseret alphabet", Preliminary Minutes - UTC #71 & X3L2 #168 ad hoc meeting, San Diego - December 5-6, 1996
N1498Jenkins, John (1997-01-20), Proposal for Encoding Deseret Alphabet
L2/97-030N1503 (pdf, doc)Umamaheswaran, V. S.; Ksar, Mike (1997-04-01), "8.9", Unconfirmed Minutes of WG 2 Meeting #32, Singapore; 1997-01-20--24
L2/99-019N1891Everson, Michael (1998-10-16), On encoding the Deseret script in Plane 1 of the UCS
N1891REverson, Michael (1999-01-23), On encoding the Deseret script in Plane 1 of the UCS
4.0U+10426..10427, 1044E..1044F4L2/02-169N2474Beesley, Kenneth (2002-04-25), Proposal to Modify the Encoding of Deseret
L2/02-218N2473Proposal to Add Two Deseret Alphabet Letters to ISO/IEC 10646, 2002-05-17
L2/02-166R2Moore, Lisa (2002-08-09), "Scripts and New Characters - Deseret", UTC #91 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. churchofjesuschrist.org: "Book of Mormon Pronunciation Guide" (retrieved 2012-02-25), IPA-ified from «dĕz-a-rĕt´»
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