Unicode Status of the Tai Viet Script
In The Unicode Standard, Tai Viet script implementation is discussed in Chapter 16: Southeast Asia-I — Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia, Vietnam.
The Tai Viet script was encoded in The Unicode Standard version 5.2. The script is encoded in the following block:
| Blocks | Character Range | Added in Unicode Version | Unicode Chart |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tai Viet | AA80..AADF | 5.2 | UAA80.pdf |
A number of proposals for its inclusion have been submitted to the Unicode Technical Committee and WG2:
- 2006-01-30 Unified Tai Script for Unicode — Ngo Trung Viet, Jim Brase L2/06-041
- 2007-01-03 Workshop on Encoding and Digitizing Thai Scripts — Jim Brase L2/07-008
- 2007-02-01 Comments on Viet Tay Proposal — Peter Constable L2/07-056
- 2007-02-06 Tay Viet Script for Unicode — Jim Brase L2/07-039
- 2007-03-20 Proposal to encode the Tai Viet script in the UCS — Jim Brase WG2 N3220, L2/07-099
- 2007-03-21 Support for the proposal (N3220) to encode the Tai Viet script — Vũ Văn Điền (Vietnam N.B.) WG2 N3221.doc, L@/07-100
- 2008-05-09 Writing Tai Don - Additional characters needed for the Tai Viet script — Jim Brase L2/08-217
- 2010-09-17 Proposal to change UAX#29 in response to Thai, Lao, Tai Dam user needs — Martin Hosken L2/10-460
- 2011-04-18 Proposal to change grapheme extending properties of various characters — Martin Hosken L2/11-114
- 2022-12-16 Proposal to encode additional Tai Viet characters for the Jinping Dai — Kushim Jiang L2/23-023
Recommendations to UTC #174 January 2023 on Script Proposals L2/23-012 (See point B.19.)