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Unicode Status for Old Hungarian

In The Unicode Standard, Old Hungarian script implementation is discussed in Chapter 8 Europe-II — Ancient and Other Scripts.

The Old Hungarian script was encoded in The Unicode Standard version 8.0. The script is encoded in the following block:

BlocksCharacter RangeAdded in Unicode VersionUnicode Chart
Old Hungarian10C80..10CFF8.0U10c80

A number of proposals for its inclusion have been submitted to the Unicode Technical Committee and WG21:

  • 1998-01-18 Draft proposal to encode Old Hungarian in Plane 1 of ISO/IEC 10646 — Michael Everson (WG2 N1686, N1686b,N1686c (none online), L2/98-033)

  • 1998-05-02 On encoding the Old Hungarian rovásírás in the UCS — Michael Everson (WG2 N1758, L2/98-220 (not online))

  • 2008-08-04 Preliminary proposal to encoding the Old Hungarian script in the UCS — Michael Everson, André Szabolcs Szelp — (WG2 N3483, L2/08-268)

  • 2008-09-30 Proposal for encoding the Native Hungarian script in the UCS — Bakonyi Gábor (WG2 N3526, L2/08-353)

  • 2008-10-04 Proposal for encoding the Szekler-Hungarian Rovas in the BMP and the SMP of the UCS — Gábor Hosszú (WG2 N3527, L2/08-354)

  • 2008-10-12 Revised proposal for encoding the Old Hungarian script in the UCS — Michael Everson, André Szabolcs Szelp (WG2 N3531, L2/08-356)

  • 2008-11-02 Mapping between Old Hungarian proposals in N3531, N3527, and N3526 — Michael Everson, André Szabolcs Szelp (WG2 N3532, L2/08-355)

  • 2009-02-05 Proposal for encoding the Native Hungarian script in the UCS — Gábor Bakonyi (WG2 N3566, L2/09-059)

  • 2009-02-23 Distinct Close ’Ë’ Letter in the Native Hungarian Text Named Rudimenta? Working document about Fig.8. of N3483 — Gábor Bakonyi (L2/09-092)

  • 2009-04-16 Second revised proposal for encoding the Old Hungarian script — Michael Everson, André Szabolcs Szelp (WG2 N3615, L2/09-142)

  • 2009-04-21 Towards an Encoding of Old Hungarian – Comments on N3527 and N3615 — Karl Pentzlin (WG2 N3634)

  • 2009-04-22 Outstanding Issues on Old Hungarian/Szekler-Hungarian Rovas/Hungarian Native Writing — Deborah Anderson (WG2 N3637, L2/09-165)

  • 2009-04-22 Old Hungarian/Szekler-Hungarian Rovas Ad hoc report — Deborah Anderson (WG2 N3640, L2/09-168)

  • 2009-07-22 Proposal for encoding generic punctuation used with the Hungarian Runic script — Michael Everson, André Szabolcs Szelp (WG2 N3664, L2/09-240)

  • 2009-08-08 Proposal for encoding generic punctuation used with the Szekler Hungarian Rovas script — Gábor Hosszú (WG2 N3670, L2/09-292)

  • 2009-10-14 Proposal for encoding the Hungarian Runic script — Michael Everson, André Szabolcs Szelp (WG2 N3697, L2/09-333)

  • 2009-10-30 Distinct Close ’Ë’ Letter in the Native Hungarian Text Named Rudimenta? — Gábor Bakonyi (L2/09-400)

  • 2011-05-07 Comparison of Hungarian Runic and Szekely-Hungarian Rovas proposals — Deborah Anderson (WG2 N4064, L2/11-177)

  • 2011-05-08 Mapping between Hungarian Runic proposals in N3697 and N4007 — Michael Everson, André Szabolcs Szelp — (WG2 N4042, L2/11-165)

  • 2011-05-15 Notes on the Szekely-Hungarian Rovas script — Gábor Hosszú (WG2 N4055, L2/11-207)

  • 2011-05-19 Proposal for encoding the Carpathian Basin Rovas script in the SMP — Gábor Hosszú — (WG2 N4006, L2/11-088)

  • 2011-05-19 Proposal for encoding the Khazarian Rovas script in the SMP — Gábor Hosszú (WG2 N3999, L2/11-089)

  • 2011-05-21 Revised proposal for encoding the Szekely-Hungarian Rovas script in the SMP — Gábor Hosszú (WG2 N4007, L2/11-087)

  • 2011-05-22 Comments on encoding the Rovas scripts — Gábor Hosszú (WG2 N4076)

  • 2011-05-25 Issues of encoding the Rovas scripts — Gábor Hosszú (WG2 N4080, L2/11-226)

  • 2011-06-08 Hungarian Runic/Sekely-Hungarian Rovas Ad-hoc Report — Hungarian Runic/Szekely-Hungarian Rovas Ad-hoc Committee (WG2 N4110, WG2 N4110x, L2/11-242)

  • 2011-07-05 Response to the Ad-hoc Report N4110 about the Rovas scripts — Gábor Hosszú (WG2 N4120)

  • 2011-09-12 Letter regarding Old Hungarian — Gábor Hosszú (L2/11-337)

  • 2011-09-19 Feedback on current Old Hungarian Script in Unicode / 10646 — V. S. Umamaheswaran (L2/11-342)

  • 2011-10-12 Revised proposal for encoding the Carpathian Basin Rovas script in the SMP of the UCS — Gábor Hosszú (WG2 N4144)

  • 2011-10-12 Revised proposal for encoding the Khazarian Rovas script in the SMP of the UCS — Gábor Hosszú (WG2 N4145)

  • 2012-01-11 Revised proposal for encoding the Szekely-Hungarian Rovas, Carpathian Basin Rovas and Khazarian Rovas scripts — Gábor Hosszú (WG2 N4183, L2/12-014)

  • 2012-01-28 Code chart fonts for Old Hungarian — Irish NB (WG2 N4196, L2/12-036)

  • 2012-01-30 Remarks on Old Hungarian and other scripts with regard to N4183 — André Szabolcs Szelp (WG2 N4197, L2/12-037)

  • 2012-02-02 Response to the N4197 about the Rovas scripts — Gábor Hosszú (WG2 N4222, L2/12-070)

  • 2012-02-04 Preliminary Proposal for encoding pre-combined and extended Rovas numerals into the Rovas block in the SMP of the UCS — Tamás Rumi (WG2 N4225, L2/12-073)

  • 2012-02-05 The contemporary Rovas usage and Rovas user community representation — László Sípos (WG2 N4224)

  • 2012-02-06 Code chart font for Rovas block — Hungarian National Body (WG2 N4227)

  • 2012-02-10 Comments on the Hungarian Székely Script — András Róna-Tas (WG2 N4232, L2/12-088)

  • 2012-02-10 Stand points of the user community, stake holders regarding to encoding Rovas scripts — László Sípos (WG2 N4224-A, L2/12-089)

  • 2012-02-12 Response to the contribution N4232 about the Rovas scripts — Gábor Hosszú (WG2 N4237)

  • 2012-04-28 Declaration of Support for the Advancement of the Encoding of the old Hungarian Script — Miklós Szondi (WG2 N4267, L2/12-189)

  • 2012-05-25 Contemporary Rovas in the word processing — Tamás Somfai (WG2 N4274)

  • 2012-06-08 Letter from Mandorla Public Education Association — Tamas Rumi / György Rózsa (L2/12-220)

  • 2012-06-26 Rovas Working Group minutes June 2012 — Tamás Rumi (WG2 N4288, L2/12-219)

  • 2012-06-26 Specifying request/proposal before encoding the Szekely-Hungarian Rovas in the UCS — Dezso Deák (L2/12-218)

  • 2012-10-02 Consolidated proposal for encoding the Old Hungarian script — Michael Everson, André Szabolcs Szelp (WG2 N4268, L2/12-168)

  • 2012-10-14 Revised proposal for encoding the Rovas in the UCS — Jeno Demeczky, Gábor Hosszú, Tamás Rumi, László Sípos, Erzsébet Zelliger (WG2 N4367, L2/12-331)

  • 2012-10-21 Additional information about the name of the Rovas script — Jeno Demeczky, György Giczi, Gábor Hosszú, Gergely Kliha, Borbála Obrusánszky, Tamás Rumi, László Sípos, Erzsébet Zelliger (WG2 N4371, L2/12-332)

  • 2012-10-22 Resolutions of the 8th Hungarian World Congress on the encoding of Old Hungarian — György Gergely Gyetvay (WG2 N4373)

  • 2012-10-24 About the consensus of the Rovas encoding - Response to N4373 — Jeno Demeczky, György Giczi, Gábor Hosszú, Gergely Kliha, Borbála Obrusánszky, Tamás Rumi, László Sípos, Erzsébet Zelliger (L2/12-337)

  • 2012-11-12 Hungarian/Szekely-Hungarian Rovas Ad-hoc Report — Hungarian/Szekely-Hungarian Rovas Ad-hoc Committee (WG2 N4374, L2/12-334)

  • 2013-03-07 Declaration for declining the “Hungarian” block of the DAM — Jeno Demeczky, Lajos Ivanyos, Gábor Hosszú, Tamás Rumi, László Sípos, Erzsébet Zelliger (WG2 N4422, L2/13-049)

  • 2013-05-05 Declaration in support of the encoding of Hungarian — Miklos Szondi (WG2 N4420)

  • 2013-10-26 Declaration for removing the “Old Hungarian” block from DAM — Jeno Demeczky, Lajos Ivanyos, Gábor Hosszú, Tamás Rumi, László Sípos, Tamás Somfai, Erzsébet Zelliger (WG2 N4492, L2/13-218)

  • 2021-04-12 Proposal for modifying the Old Hungarian block (range 10C80-10CFF) — Bence FEHÉR, József Álmos KATONA (L2/21-115)

    • Recommendations to UTC #168 July 2021 on Script Proposals (L2/21-130) (See point 2.)

    • UTC #168 Minutes (L2/21-123) (See B.1 for decision and action items)

  • 2021-08-30 Proposal for a compromise of the recent Old Hungarian proposal — Eduardo Marín Silva (L2/21-246)

    • Recommendations to UTC #170 January 2022 on Script Proposals (L2/22-023) (See point 21d.)

    • UTC #170 Minutes (L2/22-016) (See D.1 SECTION 21d for decision and action items)

  • 2022-11-08 Proposal for a compromise of the recent Old Hungarian proposal — Viktor Kovács (L2/22-285)

    • Recommendations to UTC #174 January 2023 on Script Proposals (L2/23-012) (See point B.16.)

  • 2023-03-09 Article on Old Hungarian letters for Q, X, Y — Viktor Kovács (L2/23-067)

    • Recommendations to UTC #175 April 2023 on Script Proposals (L2/23-083) (See section D, page 17)

  • 2023-12-21 Additional comments on L2/21-115 (Proposal for modifying the Old Hungarian block) — Deborah Anderson, Viktor Kovács (L2/24-003)

    • Recommendations to UTC #178 January 2024 on Script Proposals (L2/24-013) (See point B.21.)

    • UTC #178 Minutes (L2/24-006) (See D.1 Section 21 for decision and action items)

Footnotes

  1. As can be seen from the multiple proposals and discussion documents, the road to encoding this script was not straightforward. The Unicode Technical Committee accepted Old Hungarian for encoding at the point when L2/11-242 (WG2=n4110) was discussed. ↩