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Code for undetermined script

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Code Zyyy
Script type unspecified
Region unspecified
Status unspecified
Direction unspecified
Baseline unspecified
Case unknown
White space unspecified
Complex behaviors
OpenType code unspecified
ISO 15924 Number 998 (private use, alias, or special)

Explanation of script details

The ISO Standard includes the language tag “Code for Undetermined Script”.

Read the full description…This classification includes characters which are not part of a formal natural language writing system or are unified or “common” across many writing systems. For example, currency signs, and many punctuation marks can be used in more than one script.

A separate classification - “Code for Inherited Script” (Zinh) - also includes characters which are unified across more than one writing system. The difference between ‘Undetermined’ and ‘Inherited’ is that inherited characters take their script identification from the script of the preceding character, for example in the case of the zero width joiner/non-joiner characters, whereas undetermined/common characters do not need to identify with any script other than undetermined/common.

Language Writing System
Code
Writing System
Status
SLDR/CLDR
locale
Regional
variants
A-Pucikwar apq-Zyyy unwritten apq-Zyyy-IN (India)
Abenaki, Eastern aaq-Zyyy unwritten aaq-Zyyy-US (United States)
Ache yif-Zyyy unknown yif-Zyyy-CN (China)
Adai xad-Zyyy unknown xad-Zyyy-XX
Aequian xae-Zyyy unknown xae-Zyyy-XX
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No Unicode status information is available.

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