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Unicode Status for Ahom

In The Unicode Standard, Ahom script implementation is discussed in Chapter 15: South and Central Asia-IV — Other Historic Scripts.

The Ahom script was encoded in The Unicode Standard version 8.0. The script is encoded in the following block:

BlocksCharacter RangeAdded in Unicode VersionUnicode Chart
Ahom11700..1173F8.0U11700

Subsequent to version 8.0, the following characters have been added to the Ahom script:

CharactersUnicode VersionDocumentation
1171A11.0WG2 N4321R, L2/15-272

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:

  • 1992-10-29 Ahom / Khamti — Rick McGowan (Unicode Technical Report #3 R2)

  • 2010-09-17 Preliminary Proposal to add the Ahom Script in the SMP of the UCS — Martin Hosken, Stephen Morey (WG2 N3928, L2/10-359)

  • 2012-07-02 Proposal to add the Ahom Script in the SMP of the UCS — Martin Hosken, Stephen Morey (WG2 N4290, L2/12-222)

  • 2012-10-23 Revised Proposal to add the Ahom Script in the SMP of the UCS — Martin Hosken, Stephen Morey ( WG2 N4321, L2/12-309)

  • 2015-10-26 Proposal to add one extra character to the Ahom Block of the UCS — Martin Hosken, Stephen Morey (WG2 N4321R, L2/15-272)

    • UTC #145 Minutes (L2/15-254) (See D.13 for decision and action items)

  • 2017-09-27 Underspecified Ahom vowel signs — David Corbett (L2/17-364)

    • Recommendations to UTC #163 April-May 2020 on Script Proposals (L2/20-105) (See point 4.)

    • UTC #163 Minutes (L2/20-102) (See B.1 for decision and action items)

  • 2020-09-29 Proposal to encode additional signs for the Tai Ahom script — Stephen Morey (L2/20-258)

    • Recommendations to UTC #165 October 2020 on Script Proposals (L2/20-250) (See point 9.)

    • UTC #165 Minutes (L2/20-237) (See B.1 for decision and action items)