Unicode Status for Imperial Aramaic
In The Unicode Standard, Imperial Aramaic script implementation is discussed in Chapter 10 Middle East-II — Ancient Scripts
.
The Imperial Aramaic 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperial Aramaic | 10840..1085F | 5.2 | U10840.pdf |
A number of proposals for its inclusion were submitted to the Unicode Technical Committee and WG2:
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1992-10-30 Early Aramaic — Rick McGowan (Unicode Technical Report #3 R2
) -
1999-07-20 UTR#3: Early Aramaic, Balti, Kirat (Limbu), Manipuri (Meitei) and Tai Lü scripts — Rick McGowan, Michael Everson (WG2 N2042
, L2/99-245) -
2003-12-22 Roadmap comments re Aramaic — Peter Kirk (L2/03-455
) -
2007-07-25 Preliminary proposal for encoding the Imperial Aramaic script in the SMP of the UCS — Michael Everson (WG2 N3273
, L2/07-197) -
2007-07-29 Comments in support of encoding Imperial Aramaic — Deborah Anderson (L2/07-236
) -
2007-08-25 Proposal for encoding the Imperial Aramaic script in the SMP of the UCS (replaces L2/07-197) — Michael Everson (WG2 N3339
, L2/07-288) -
2009-01-29 10857 Imperial Aramaic Section Sign — Deborah Anderson (L2/09-066
) -
2012-11-03 Sorting all RTL scripts together — Roozbeh Pournader (L2/12-377
)