Unicode Status for Lepcha
In The Unicode Standard, Lepcha script implementation is discussed in Chapter 13 South and Central Asia-II — Other Modern Scripts
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The Lepcha script was encoded in The Unicode Standard version 5.1. The script is encoded in the following block:
| Blocks | Character Range | Added in Unicode Version | Unicode Chart |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lepcha | 1C00..1C4F | 5.1 | U1C00.pdf |
A number of proposals for its inclusion were submitted to the Unicode Technical Committee and WG2:
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1992-11-25 Róng (Lepcha) — Rick McGowan (Unicode Technical Report #3 R2
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1999-02-11 Lepcha script (RÓNG) — Michael Everson (L2/99-067
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2003-08-13 Lepcha, Limbu, Syloti, Saurashtra, Tai Le and Bugis Proposals — Daniel Kai (L2/03-253
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2003-08-13 Introduction to the Lepcha Script — Daniel Kai (L2/03-259
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2004-10-28 Proposal to encode Lepcha — Govt of India (L2/04-397
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2005-02-04 Analysis of the Indian proposal to encode Lepcha script in the UCS — Michael Everson (L2/05-061
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2005-02-07 Issues in Representation of Indic Scripts in Unicode (Unicode Conference Presentation) — Om Vikas (L2/05-063
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2005-07-04 Proposal for encoding the Lepcha script in the BMP of the UCS — Michael Everson (WG2 N2947
, L2/05-158) -
2006-05-12 Letter from Government of Sikkim regarding Lepcha Encoding — India N.B. (L2/06-220
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2008-03-02 Criteria for the encoding of script-specific dandas — Unicode and US National Body (WG2 N3457
, L2/08-118) -
2011-07-27 Lepcha Encoding model feedback — Lorna Priest (L2/11-305
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2014-02-05 A bag of suggested improvements to Unicode’s provisional Indic properties — Roozbeh Pournader, Behdad Esfahbod (L2/14-065
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2014-05-08 Improvements requested for Unicode Indic properties — Roozbeh Pournader (L2/14-126
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2015-12-07 Lepcha Unicode - Published Standard — SIBLAC (L2/15-332
)- UTC #146 Minutes (L2/16-004) (See D.6 for decision and action items)
- UTC #146 Minutes (L2/16-004