Mandaic (Unicode block)

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Mandaic
RangeU+0840..U+085F
(32 code points)
PlaneBMP
ScriptsMandaic
Major alphabetsEastern Aramaic
Modern Mandaic
Assigned29 code points
Unused3 reserved code points
Unicode version history
6.0 (2010)29 (+29)
Chart
Code chart
Note: [1][2]

Mandaic is a Unicode block containing characters of the Mandaic script used for writing the historic Eastern Aramaic, also called Classical Mandaic, and the modern Neo-Mandaic language.

Mandaic[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+084x ࡀ‎ ࡁ‎ ࡂ‎ ࡃ‎ ࡄ‎ ࡅ‎ ࡆ‎ ࡇ‎ ࡈ‎ ࡉ‎ ࡊ‎ ࡋ‎ ࡌ‎ ࡍ‎ ࡎ‎ ࡏ‎
U+085x ࡐ‎ ࡑ‎ ࡒ‎ ࡓ‎ ࡔ‎ ࡕ‎ ࡖ‎ ࡗ‎ ࡘ‎ ࡙‎ ࡚‎ ࡛‎ ࡞‎
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 14.0
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 Mandaic block:

Version Final code points[a] Count L2 ID WG2 ID Document
6.0 U+0840..085B, 085E 29 L2/07-412 N3373 Everson, Michael (2008-01-18), Preliminary proposal to encode the Mandaic script in the BMP of the UCS
L2/08-270R N3485R Everson, Michael; Richmond, Bob (2008-08-04), Proposal for encoding the Mandaic script in the BMP of the UCS
L2/08-253R2 Moore, Lisa (2008-08-19), "Mandaic (B.15.1, C.11)", UTC #116 Minutes
L2/08-412 N3553 (pdf, doc) Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2008-11-05), "M53.20", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 53
L2/10-413 Pournader, Roozbeh (2010-10-15), Joining types for Mandaic
L2/10-427 McGowan, Rick (2010-10-27), "ScriptExtensions.txt to mention Mandaic for U+0640 ARABIC TATWEEL", Comments on Public Review Issues (August 3, 2010 - October 27, 2010)
L2/10-416R Moore, Lisa (2010-11-09), "Properties — Joining types for Mandaic", UTC #125 / L2 #222 Minutes
L2/14-194 Anderson, Deborah (2014-08-04), Feedback on Mandaic Shaping
L2/14-177 Moore, Lisa (2014-10-17), "Feedback on Mandaic Shaping (B.14.3)", UTC #140 Minutes
L2/20-044 Al-Sabti, Ardwan (2019-12-25), The Non-Joining U+0858 in the Mandaic Unicode Standard
L2/20-043 Al-Sabti, Ardwan (2020-01-03), The Non-Joining U+0856 in the Mandaic Unicode Standard
L2/20-046 Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Moore, Lisa; Liang, Hai (2020-01-10), "5. Mandaic", Recommendations to UTC #162 January 2020 on Script Proposals
L2/20-049 Al-Sabti, Ardwan (2020-01-10), Mandaic KAD
L2/20-015 Moore, Lisa (2020-01-23), "C.11.1, C.11.2, and C.11.3", Draft Minutes of UTC Meeting 162
  1. ^ Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

Typefaces[]

Mandaic typefaces developed by Ardwan Alsabti include:[3]

  • Mandaicana (2011), one of the first Mandaic typefaces
  • Ardwan Malka (2011)
  • Englaiscana (2011)
  • Ardwan Lidzbarski (2018), based on the Mandaic handwriting of Mark Lidzbarski
  • Ardwan Manuscript (2019), a cursive font based on the handwriting of Mandaic manuscripts
  • Ardwan Drower (2021), based on the Mandaic handwriting of E. S. Drower

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.
  3. ^ "Ardwan AlSabti". Luc Devroye. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
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