Unicode Status for Lao
In The Unicode Standard, Lao script implementation is discussed in Chapter 16: Southeast Asia-I — Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia, Vietnam
.
The Lao script was encoded in The Unicode Standard version 1.0. The script is encoded in the following block:
| Blocks | Character Range | Added in Unicode Version | Unicode Chart |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lao | 0E80..0EFF | 1.0 | U0E80.pdf |
Subsequent to version 1.0, the following characters have been added to the Lao script:
| Characters | Unicode Version | Documentation |
|---|---|---|
| 0EDE..0EDF | 6.1 | n3893R.pdf/L2/10-335 |
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:
-
1998-02-27 KIP SIGN - Laotian Currency Sign — V.S. Umamaheswaran (WG2 N1720.doc, L2/98-061
) -
2000-01-06 Row 0E – LAO (collection 26) — Sato, WG2 (WG2 N2162.doc
, L2/00-054) -
2001-03-23 Lao Script - inquiry — Boualoykhong Chansavat (L2/01-132
) -
2002-01-14 Character Properties for avagrahas, etc. — Kenneth Whistler (L2/02-017
) -
2003-06-12 Thai and Lao collation weighting rules — Kent Karlsson (L2/03-185
) -
2004-03-09 Ordering rules for Khmer, Thai, and Lao; CTT suggestion — Kent Karlsson (WG2 N2717.doc
, L2/04-110) -
2004-03-09 Ordering rules for Khmer, Thai, and Lao; suggestions for annex C.2 changes and a new annex B.5 — Kent Karlsson (WG2 N2718.doc
, L2/04-111) -
2005-10-30 Note on Lao Character Names — Andrew West (L2/05-357
) -
2006-07-27 Re: document Sk vs Lm vs C — Martin Hosken (L2/06-243
) -
2009-08-03 Grapheme break changes, especially for Thai and Lao — Peter Edberg (L2/09-265
) -
2010-09-17 Proposal to change UAX#29 in response to Thai, Lao, Tai Dam user needs — Martin Hosken (L2/10-460
) -
2010-10-05 Proposal to add minority characters to Lao script (revised; WG2 N3893R) — Martin Hosken (WG2 N3893
, L2/10-335) -
2011-04-18 Proposal to change grapheme extending properties of various characters — Martin Hosken (L2/11-114
) -
2017-07-20 Proposal to Encode Lao Characters for Pali (revised) — Vinodh Rajan, et al (L2/17-106
) -
2017-08-02 Comments on the encoding of Lao Letters Pali JHA and NYA — Weizhe Zheng, Yihua Wang (L2/17-285
) -
2021-04-21 Proposal to Encode Lao Yamakkan — Vinodh Rajan, Jayasāro Bhikkhu (L2/21-093
)-
Recommendations to UTC #167 April 2021 on Script Proposals (L2/21-073
) (See point 11.) -
UTC #167 Minutes (L2/21-067
) (See B.1 for decision and action items) -
Recommendations to UTC #168 July 2021 on Script Proposals (L2/21-130
) (See point 16a.) -
UTC #168 Minutes (L2/21-123
) (See B.1 for decision and action items)
-
-
2021-07-14 Response to Comments on Lao Yamakkan — Vinodh Rajan (L2/21-143
) -
2022-06-14 Response to PRI 451 — Asmus Freytag (L2/22-114
)- UTC #172 Minutes (L2/22-121) (See F.3 for decision and action items)
- UTC #172 Minutes (L2/22-121