Code for undetermined script
Script details
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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 Numeric Code / Key | 998 (private use, alias, or special) |
Script description
The ISO Standard includes the language tag “Code for Undetermined Script”.
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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.
Languages that use this script
| 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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Unicode status
No Unicode status information is available.
Resources
- ScriptSource page for Code for undetermined script
- all about scripts, languages, and writing systems - Wikipedia article on Code for undetermined script