Unicode Status for Cherokee
In The Unicode Standard, Cherokee syllabary implementation is discussed in Chapter 20: Americas
.
Blocks
Section titled “Blocks”The Cherokee syllabary was first encoded in The Unicode Standard version 3.0. In Unicode 8.0 casing was added to the script. The script is now encoded in the following blocks:
| Blocks | Character Range | Added in Unicode Version | Unicode Chart |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cherokee syllabary | 13A0..13FF | 3.0 | U13A0 |
| Cherokee Supplement | AB70..ABBF | 8.0 | UAB70 |
Characters
Section titled “Characters”Subsequent to version 3.0, the following characters have been added to the script:
| Characters | Unicode Version | Documentation |
|---|---|---|
| 13F5 | 8.0 | WG2 N4487, L2/13-190, WG2 N4537, L2/14-064 |
| 13F8..13FD | 8.0 | WG2 N4537, L2/14-064 |
| AB70..ABBF | 8.0 | WG2 N4537, L2/14-064 |
Proposals and documents
Section titled “Proposals and documents”A number of proposals for its inclusion were submitted to the Unicode Technical Committee and WG2:
- 1992-10-29 Cherokee Syllabary — Rick McGowan (Unicode Technical Report #3 R2)
- 1995-03-14 Proposal for encoding the Cherokee script — Michael Everson (WG2 N1172 (Unofficial HTML version of a document submitted to WG2))
- 2013-10-24 Proposal for the addition of Cherokee characters to the UCS — Michael Everson, Durbin Feeling (WG2 N4487, L2/13-190)
- 2014-02-25 Revised proposal for the addition of Cherokee characters to the UCS — Michael Everson, Durbin Feeling (WG2 N4537, L2/14-064)
- 2014-07-31 Cherokee casing decision may break identifier syntax — Ken Whistler (L2/14-187)
- 2015-07-30 Phoreus Cherokee (type specimen sheet) — Ken Lunde (L2/15-214)