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Unicode Status for Kaithi

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

The Kaithi script was encoded in The Unicode Standard version 5.2. The script is encoded in the following block:

BlocksCharacter RangeAdded in Unicode VersionUnicode Chart
Kaithi11080..110CF5.2U11080

Subsequent to version 5.2, the following characters have been added to Kaithi:

CharactersUnicode VersionDocumentation
110CD11.0L2/16-097

Documentation refers to ISO Working Group and Unicode proposals

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

  • 2005-10-25 Proposal to Encode the Kaithi Script in Plane 1 of ISO/IEC 10646 — Anshuman Pandey (L2/05-343)

  • 2005-11-06 Towards an encoding of the Kaithi script in the SMP of the UCS — Michael Everson (WG2 N3014, L2/05-368)

  • 2007-05-15 Proposal to Encode North Indian Accounting Signs in Plane 1 of ISO/IEC 10646 — Anshuman Pandey (WG2 N3312, L2/07-139)

  • 2007-05-21 Proposal to Encode the Kaithi Script in Plane 1 of ISO/IEC 10646 — Anshuman Pandey (L2/07-199)

  • 2007-07-31 Towards an Encoding for North Indic Number Forms in the UCS — Anshuman Pandey (WG2 N3334, L2/07-238)

  • 2007-10-07 Proposal to Encode North Indic Number Forms in ISO/IEC 10646 — Anshuman Pandey (WG2 N3367, L2/07-354)

  • 2007-10-14 Changes in L2/07-354 North Indic Number Forms (vs. L2/07-139) — Deborah Anderson (L2/07-390)

  • 2007-12-13 Proposal to Encode the Kaithi Script in Plane 1 of ISO/IEC 10646 — Anshuman Pandey (WG2 N3389, L2/07-418, L2/08-194)

  • 2008-04-11 Request for removal of digits from Kaithi proposal (N3389) — Deborah Anderson, Anshuman Pandey (WG2 N3438, L2/08-156)

  • 2008-10-15 Proposal to add three Kaithi punctuation marks — Deborah Anderson (WG2 N3544, L2/08-370)

  • 2008-10-29 Information on U+110BD KAITHI NUMBER SIGN — Deborah Anderson (L2/08-400)

  • 2009-02-01 Comments on Kaithi Punctuation Marks and FPDAM 6 — Anshuman Pandey, Deborah Anderson (L2/09-070)

  • 2009-02-02 Details on Kaithi punctuation (based on N3389) — Deborah Anderson (WG2 N3520, L2/09-071)

  • 2009-02-10 Proposal to Encode Section Marks for Kaithi in ISO/IEC 10646 — Anshuman Pandey (WG2 N3574, L2/09-089)

  • 2009-08-05 Kaithi Decomposition Questions for Unicode 5.2 — Deborah Anderson (L2/09-270)

  • 2016-04-29 Proposal to encode Kaithi combining enumeration sign — Benjamin Yang (L2/16-097)

    • Recommendations to UTC #147 May 2016 on Script Proposals — Deborah Anderson, Ken Whistler, Roozbeh Pournader, Andrew Glass, Laurentiu Iancu (L2/16-156) (See section 10 for recommendations)

    • UTC #147 Minutes (L2/16-121) (See D.13 for decision and action items)

  • 2020-06-24 Proposal to encode the KAITHI VOWEL SIGN VOCALIC R — Srinidhi A, Sridatta A (L2/20-151)

    • Recommendations to UTC #164 July 2020 on Script Proposals (L2/20-169) (See point 12.)

    • UTC #164 Minutes (L2/20-172) (See B.1 for decision and action items)

  • 2022-07-20 Nonalphabetic bindus (beta feedback) Recommendations to UTC #172 July 2022 on Script Proposals (L2/22-128) (See point 27.)

    • UTC #172 Minutes (L2/22-121) (See D.1.27 for decision and action items)