Unicode Status for Armenian
In The Unicode Standard, Armenian script implementation is discussed in Chapter 7 Europe-I — Modern and Liturgical Scripts
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Blocks
Section titled “Blocks”The Armenian script was encoded in The Unicode Standard version 1.0. The script is encoded in the following blocks:
| Blocks | Character Range | Added in Unicode Version | Unicode chart |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armenian | 0530..058F | 1.0 | U0530.pdf |
| Alphabetic Presentation Forms | FB13..FB17 | 1.1 | UFB00.pdf |
Characters
Section titled “Characters”Subsequent to version 1.1, the following characters have been added to the Armenian script:
| Characters | Unicode Version | Documentation |
|---|---|---|
| 058A | 3.0 | n1984w97.doc, L2/99-047 |
| 058D..058E | 7.0 | WG2 N3923, L2/10-373, WG2 N3924,L2/10-354 |
| 058F | 6.1 | n3771.pdf, L2/10-008 |
| 0560 | 11.0 | L2/17-032 |
| 0588 | 11.0 | L2/17-032 |
Documentation refers to ISO Working Group and Unicode proposals
Proposals and documents
Section titled “Proposals and documents”A number of proposals for its inclusion were submitted to the Unicode Technical Committee and WG2:
- 1996-12-15 ISO 10585 – Armenian alphabet coded character set for bibliographic information interchange — ISO 10585 (L2/01-237)
- 1997-05-13 Response to feedback from US on Armenian N 1446— Richard Youatt (WG2 N1560.doc, L2/97-084 — (neither online))
- 1997-07-03 Armenian ad hoc report — Suignard (WG2 N1616, L2/97-161 — not online)
- 1998-07-06 Application for Registration No.221, Armenian alphabet coded character set for bibliographic information interchange — NB Ireland (L2/98-244 — not online)
- 1998-12-16 Armenian Comments on SC 2 N 3134, Application for Registration No.221, Armenian alphabet coded character set for bibliographic information interchange — National Body of Armenia (WG2 N1981, L2/98-426)
- 1999-02-05 Encoding of the Armenian script in ISO 10646, answer to SC2 N3222 (L2/98-426) — Michel Suignard (WG2 N1984 word doc, L2/99-047)
- 1999-07-23 Comments on proposals for the Universal Multiple-Octed Coded Character Set — Dr. W. Röllig (xlat. Küster) (L2/99-224)
- 2000-01-13 Communication from Armenia (SARM) — Levon H. Aslanyan (L2/00-017)
- 2000-03-14 Armenian comments and 3 attachments AMST 34.001-99, 34.002-99, 10646-1 Armenian — L. H. Aslanyan (WG2 N2190, L2/00-090)
- 2000-12-21 Encoding Iranian Scripts in Unicode, Iranianist meeting report from Paris — Carl-Martin Bunz (L2/01-007)
- 2010-02-05 Proposed additions to ISO/IEC 10646:2003 — INCITS/L2 (WG2 N3810, L2/10-068)
- 2010-02-10 Proposal to encode an Armenian Dram currency symbol — Karl Pentzlin (WG2 N3771, L2/10-008)
- 2010-09-24 Proposal to add an Armenian Eternity Sign (WG2 N3923) [withdrawn by author] — Karl Pentzlin (WG2 N3923, L2/10-373)
- 2010-09-24 Proposal to encode two symbols for Armenian in the UCS — Michael Everson (WG2 N3924, L2/10-354)
- 2017-01-19 Armenian Phonetic Characters in Unicode — Luc V. Baronian (L2/17-032)
- 2017-09-07 Evidence of diaeresis in Armenian — Yury Golev, Deborah Anderson (L2/17-315)
- 2020-05-13 Uppercase of U+0587 ARMENIAN SMALL LIGATURE ECH YIWN — Deborah Anderson (L2/20-143)
- Comments on Public Review Issues (April 20 - July 20, 2020) (see Feedback routed to Script ad hoc for evaluation)
- Recommendations to UTC #164 July 2020 on Script Proposals (L2/20-169) (See point 1.)
- UTC #164 Minutes (L2/20-172) (See D.1 F2 for decision and action items)
- Comments on Public Review Issues (April 20 - July 20, 2020) (see Feedback routed to Script ad hoc for evaluation
- 2022-07-20 Recommendations to UTC #172 July 2022 on Script Proposals (L2/22-128) (See point 18.)
- 2024-03-15 Revised: Proposal to encode three Armenian superscript characters — Hossep Dolatian (L2/24-107)