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Unicode Status for Garay

In The Unicode Standard, Garay Script implementation is discussed in Chapter 19 Africa.

The Garay script was encoded in The Unicode Standard version 16.0. The script is now encoded in the following block:

BlocksCharacter RangeAdded in Unicode VersionUnicode chart
Garay10D40..10D8F16.0U10D40.pdf

A number of proposals for its inclusion have been submitted to the Unicode Technical Committee and WG2:

  • 2009-04-22 Report to JTC1 Chair and JTC1/SC2 Chair Regarding Resolution 34 on African Languages — Deborah Anderson (WG2 N3641, L2/09-285)

  • 2011-05-09 Introducing the Wolof Alphabet of Assane Faye — Anshuman Pandey (WG2 N4044, L2/11-181)

  • 2012-04-26 Preliminary proposal for encoding the Garay script in the SMP of the UCS — Michael Everson (WG2 N4261, L2/12-139)

  • 2016-03-22 Proposal for encoding the Garay script in the SMP of the UCS — Michael Everson (WG2 N4709, L2/16-069)

    • Recommendations to UTC #147 May 2016 on Script Proposals — Deborah Anderson, Ken Whistler, Roozbeh Pournader, Andrew Glass, Laurentiu Iancu (L2/16-156) (See section 8 for recommendations)

        • UTC #147 Minutes (L2/16-121) (See C.4 for decision and action items)

Recommendations to UTC #154 January 2018 on Script Proposals (L2/18-039) (See point 3a.)

  • Recommendations to UTC #155 April-May 2018 on Script Proposals (L2/18-168) (See point 36a.)

  • UTC #155 Minutes (L2/18-115) (See C.6 and C.7 for decision and action items)

  • 2017-09-09 Report on the Garay script 2017 — Charles Riley (WG2 N4875, L2/17-322)

    • Recommendations to UTC #154 January 2018 on Script Proposals (L2/18-039) (See point 3b.)

    • Recommendations to UTC #155 April-May 2018 on Script Proposals (L2/18-168) (See point 36b.)

    • UTC #155 Minutes (L2/18-115) (See C.6 and C.7 for decision and action items)

  • 2019-02-11 Feedback on Garay — Andrij Rovenchak, Charles Riley (L2/19-163)

    • Recommendations to UTC #159 April-May 2019 on Script Proposals (L2/19-173) (See point 6a.)

    • UTC #159 Minutes (L2/19-122) (See E.6.1 for decision and action items)

  • 2019-03-20 Garay math notation — Andrij Rovenchak (L2/19-162)

    • Recommendations to UTC #159 April-May 2019 on Script Proposals (L2/19-173) (See point 6b.)

  • 2020-02-05 Report on progress with African scripts in Unicode and their implementations — Charles L. Riley (L2/20-067)

  • 2022-01-12 Consideration of the encoding of Garay with updated user feedback — Andrij Rovenchak, Abdou Souleye Faye, Charles L. Riley (L2/22-030)

    • Recommendations to UTC #170 January 2022 on Script Proposals (L2/22-023) (See point 5.)

    • UTC #170 Minutes (L2/22-016) (See D.1 SECTION 5 for decision and action items)

  • 2022-02-19 Consideration of the encoding of Garay with updated user feedback — Andrij Rovenchak, Abdou Souleye Faye, Charles L. Riley (L2/22-048)

    • Recommendations to UTC #171 April 2022 on Script Proposals (L2/22-068) (See point 3.)

    • UTC #171 Minutes (L2/22-061) (See D.1 SECTION 3 for decision and action items)

  • 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.)