Unicode Status of the Latin Script
In The Unicode Standard, Latin script implementation is discussed in Chapter 7 Europe-I — Modern and Liturgical Scripts, UTN 26: On the Encoding of Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, and Han, [UTN 29: The Use of Phonetic and Other Symbols in Dictionaries: A Brief Survey(https://www.unicode.org/notes/tn29/), and in UTN 44: Medieval Latin Character Recommendations.
The Latin script was first encoded in The Unicode Standard version 1.0. Since that time the encoding has undergone a number of modifications; the script is now encoded in the following blocks:
| Blocks | Character Range | Added in Unicode Version | Unicode Chart |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic Latin | 0000..007F | 1.0 | U0000.pdf |
| Latin-1 Supplement | 0080..00FF | 1.0 | U0080.pdf |
| Latin Extended-A | 0100..024F | 1.0 | U0100.pdf |
| Latin Extended-B | 0180..02AF | 1.0 | U0180.pdf |
| IPA Extensions | 0250..02AF | 1.0 | U0250.pdf |
| Spacing Modifier Letters | 02B0..02BB, 02E0..02E4 | 1.0 | U02B0.pdf |
| Phonetic Extensions | 1D00..1D7F | 1.0 | U1D00.pdf |
| Phonetic Extension Supplement | 1D80..1DBF | 1.0 | U1D80.pdf |
| etc. |
See also Unicode Status (Combining marks) and Unicode Status (Modifier letters).
Subsequent to version 1.1, the following characters have been added to the Latin script:
| Characters | Unicode Version | Documentation |
|---|---|---|
| 01F6..01F9 | 3.0 | |
| 0218..021F | 3.0 | |
| 0220 | 3.2 | n2306r.pdf, L2/00-423 |
| 0221 | 4.0 | n2366r.pdf, L2/01-272 |
| 0222..0225 | 3.0 | n1741.pdf (not online) |
| 0226..0229 | 3.0 | n1838.doc |
| 022A..0233 | 3.0 | n1884.pdf |
| 0234..0236 | 4.0 | n2366r.pdf, L2/01-272 |
| etc. |
Documentation refers to ISO Working Group and Unicode proposals.
A number of proposals for its inclusion have been submitted to the Unicode Technical Committee and WG2:
- 1997-07-01 Proposal to add 2 Latin Characters to ISO/IEC 10646 — Erkki Kolehmainen, Klaas Ruppel (WG2 N1619 (not online), L2/97-164 (not online), L2/98-062)
- 1998-03-18 Comment on N 1593 - Proposal to add Latin characters by Latinized Taiwanese languages — TCA (WG2 N1712 (not online), L2/98-089 (not online))
- 1998-05-25 Additional Latin characters for the UCS — Michael Everson (WG2 N1741 (not online), L2/98-208 (not online))
- 1998-05-25 Contraction characters for the UCS — Michael Everson (WG2 N1747 (not online), L2/98-214 (not online))
- 1998-05-25 Additional IPA characters for the UCS — Michael Everson (WG2 N1742 (not online))
- 1998-09-02 Proposal to add the letters LATIN SMALL / CAPITAL LETTER A WITH DOT ABOVE to the BMP — Mark Davis (WG2 N0838.doc (not online), WG2 N1838mrk.htm, L2/98-357 (not online))
- etc.