Unicode Status for Beria Erfe

The Beria Erfe script is not yet in Unicode. The script has a provisional assignment at U+16EA0..U+16EDF in the Roadmap to the SMP for the Unicode Standard.

A number of proposals for its inclusion have been submitted to the Unicode Technical Committee:

• 2008-07-29 Preliminary proposal to encode Beria Giray Erfe (or Beria Branding Script) — Lorna Priest (L2/08-265)

• 2022-03-03 Update on implementation status of African scripts — Charles L. Riley (L2/22-073)

  • Recommendations to UTC #171 April 2022 on Script Proposals (L2/22-068) (See point 28.)

  • UTC #171 Minutes (L2/22-061) (See D.1 SECTION 28 for decision and action items)

• 2023-09-08 Update on Usage and Implementation Status of African Scripts — Oreen Yousuf, Charles Riley, Daniel Yacob, Neil Patel, Tim Brookes (L2/23-203)

  • Recommendations to UTC #177 November 2023 on Script Proposals (L2/23-238) (See point C.26.)

• 2024-01-26 Proposal for encoding the Beria Erfe (Zaghawa) script in the SMP of the UCS — Siddick Adam Issa, Adam Ahmed, Alsadig Sadig Ahmed Osman, Izdin Bormay, Nasradin Mohammed Adam, Mahamat Ahmat Hamat Gaga, Andrew Wolfe, Lorna Evans, Andrij Rovenchak, Oreen Yousuf (L2/24-004)

  • Recommendations to UTC #178 January 2024 on Script Proposals (L2/24-013) (See point A.I.1.)

  • UTC #178 Minutes (L2/24-006) (See D.1 Section 1 for decision and action items)

  • Recommendations to UTC #179 April 2024 on Script Proposals (L2/24-068) (See point A.I.1.)

  • UTC #179 Minutes (L2/24-061) (See D.1 Section I-1 for decision and action items)