Thaana (Unicode block)

Thaana is a Unicode block containing characters for the Thaana script used for writing the Dhivehi and Arabic languages in the Maldives.

Thaana[1][2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
 0123456789ABCDEF
U+078x ހ ށ ނ ރ ބ ޅ ކ އ ވ މ ފ ދ ތ ލ ގ ޏ
U+079x ސ ޑ ޒ ޓ ޔ ޕ ޖ ޗ ޘ ޙ ޚ ޛ ޜ ޝ ޞ ޟ
U+07Ax ޠ ޡ ޢ ޣ ޤ ޥ ަ ާ ި ީ ު ޫ ެ ޭ ޮ ޯ
U+07Bx ް ޱ
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 15.1
2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points
Thaana
RangeU+0780..U+07BF
(64 code points)
PlaneBMP
ScriptsThaana
Major alphabetsDhivehi
Assigned50 code points
Unused14 reserved code points
Unicode version history
3.0 (1999)49 (+49)
3.2 (2002)50 (+1)
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 Thaana block:

VersionFinal code points[lower-alpha 1]CountUTC IDL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
3.0U+0780..07B049UTC/1991-100McGowan, Rick (1991-10-25), Maldivian (Dihevi) block description and chart draft
L2/97-036N1519REverson, Michael (1997-05-30), Proposal for encoding the Thaana script in ISO/IEC 10646
L2/97-197Jenkins, John; Everson, Michael (1997-05-30), Thaana proposal
L2/97-288N1603Umamaheswaran, V. S. (1997-10-24), "8.16", Unconfirmed Meeting Minutes, WG 2 Meeting # 33, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, 20 June – 4 July 1997
L2/97-255RAliprand, Joan (1997-12-03), "Maldividan (Thaana)", Approved Minutes – UTC #73 & L2 #170 joint meeting, Palo Alto, CA – August 4-5, 1997
L2/98-161N1699Everson, Michael (1998-03-10), Thaana new code chart and name list
L2/98-173Text for PDAM registration and consideration ballot for ISO 10646-1 Amendment 24 - Thaana, 1998-05-11
L2/98-158Aliprand, Joan; Winkler, Arnold (1998-05-26), "Thaana", Draft Minutes – UTC #76 & NCITS Subgroup L2 #173 joint meeting, Tredyffrin, Pennsylvania, April 20-22, 1998
L2/98-286N1703Umamaheswaran, V. S.; Ksar, Mike (1998-07-02), "8.16", Unconfirmed Meeting Minutes, WG 2 Meeting #34, Redmond, WA, USA; 1998-03-16--20
N1834Summary of Voting/Table of Replies - Amendment 24 - Thaana, 1998-08-27
L2/98-323N1909ISO/IEC 10646-1/FPDAM 24, AMENDMENT 24: Thaana, 1998-10-23
L2/99-010N1903 (pdf, html, doc)Umamaheswaran, V. S. (1998-12-30), "6.7.7", Minutes of WG 2 meeting 35, London, U.K.; 1998-09-21--25
L2/99-232N2003Umamaheswaran, V. S. (1999-08-03), "6.2.7 FPDAM24 – Thaana script", Minutes of WG 2 meeting 36, Fukuoka, Japan, 1999-03-09--15
3.2U+07B11L2/00-120Nelson, Paul; Beam, Paul; Gadir, Mohamen Abdul (2000-04-07), Proposal to add characters for use with Thaana Script (Divehi language)
L2/00-115R2Moore, Lisa (2000-08-08), "Thaana", Minutes Of UTC Meeting #83
L2/00-187Moore, Lisa (2000-08-23), "Motion 84-M5", UTC minutes -- Boston, August 8-11, 2000
L2/00-328N2264Whistler, Ken (2000-09-19), Proposal for Encoding Thaana letter Naa in the BMP
L2/01-050N2253Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2001-01-21), "Resolution M39.21 (Thaana Letter Naa)", Minutes of the SC2/WG2 meeting in Athens, September 2000
  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.
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