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Unicode Status for Khojki

In The Unicode Standard, Khojki script implementation is discussed in Chapter 15: South and Central Asia-IV — Other Historic Scripts.

The Khojki script was encoded in The Unicode Standard version 7.0. The script is now encoded in the following block:

BlocksCharacter RangeAdded in Unicode VersionUnicode chart
Khojki11200..1124F7.0U11200.pdf

Subsequent to version 7.0, the following characters have been added to the script:

CharactersUnicode VersionDocumentation
1123E9.0WG2 N4575, L2/14-133

Documentation refers to ISO Working Group and Unicode proposals

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

  • 2008-05-05 Towards an Encoding for the Khojki Script in ISO/IEC 10646 — Anshuman Pandey (L2/08-201)

  • 2009-03-25 Proposal to Encode the Khojki Script in ISO/IEC 10646 — Anshuman Pandey (WG2 N3596, L2/09-101)

  • 2010-09-12 Revised Proposal to Encode the Khojki Script in ISO/IEC 10646 — Anshuman Pandey (WG2 N3883, L2/10-326)

  • 2011-01-28 Final Proposal to Encode the Khojki Script in ISO/IEC 10646 — Anshuman Pandey (WG2 N3978, L2/11-021)

  • 2014-05-05 Proposal to Encode the Khojki Sign SUKUN in ISO/IEC 10646 — Anshuman Pandey (WG2 N4575, L2/14-133)

  • 2017-08-30 Proposal to encode two characters in Khojki — Srinidhi A, Sridatta A (L2/17-307)

    • Recommendations to UTC #154 January 2018 on Script Proposals (L2/18-039) (See point 12.)

    • Recommendations to UTC #155 April-May 2018 on Script Proposals (L2/18-168) (See point 33.)

    • UTC #155 Minutes (L2/18-115) (See D.2 for decision and action items)

  • 2017-12-11 Changes to ScriptExtensions.txt for Indic characters for Unicode 11.0 — Srinidhi A, Sridatta A (L2/17-424)

    • Recommendations to UTC #154 January 2018 on Script Proposals (L2/18-039) (See point 6b section 3.)

  • 2021-05-21 Proposal to encode the Khojki letter QA in Unicode — Anshuman Pandey (L2/21-103)

    • Recommendations to UTC #168 July 2021 on Script Proposals (L2/21-130) (See point 10b.)

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

  • 2021-05-21 Proposal to encode the Khojki letter SHORT I in Unicode — Anshuman Pandey (L2/21-104)

    • Recommendations to UTC #168 July 2021 on Script Proposals (L2/21-130) (See point 10c.)

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

  • 2021-05-25 Proposal to encode the Khojki vowel sign VOCALIC R in Unicode Anshuman Pandey (L2/21-110)

    • Recommendations to UTC #168 July 2021 on Script Proposals (L2/21-130) (See point 10a.)

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

  • 2022-03-30 Khojki Confusable Sequences — Peter Constable (L2/22-083)

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

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