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Unicode Status for Kirat Rai

In The Unicode Standard, Kirat Rai Script implementation is discussed in Chapter 13 South and Central Asia-II — Other Modern Scripts.

The Kirat Rai 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
Kirat Rai16D40..16D7F16.0U16D40.pdf

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

  • 2011-05-01 Introducing the Kirat Rai Script — Anshuman Pandey (WG2 N4037, L2/11-145)

  • 2012-10-08 Proposal to Encode Nepal Himalayish Scripts in ISO/IEC 10646 — Pat Hall (WG2 N4347, L2/12-365)

    • Review of Indic‐related documents and Recommendations to the UTC (L2/12-378) (See point II.)

    • UTC #133 Minutes (L2/12-343) (See D.10.1 for decision and action items)

  • 2021-07-16 Preliminary document towards advancing the Kirat Rai script — Lorna Evans, Steve Smith (L2/21-132)

    • Recommendations to UTC #168 July 2021 on Script Proposals (L2/21-130) (See point 11.)

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

  • 2022-04-20 Proposal to Encode Kirat Rai script in the Universal Character Set — Biswajit Mandal, Lorna Evans (L2/22-043)

    • Recommendations to UTC #171 April 2022 on Script Proposals (L2/22-068) (See point 6.)

    • UTC #171 Minutes (L2/22-061) (See D.1 SECTION 6 for decision and action items)

    • Recommendations to UTC #178 January 2024 on Script Proposals (L2/24-013) (See point A.IV.5.)

    • UTC #178 Minutes (L2/24-006) (See D.1 Section 5 for decision and action items)