Unicode Status for Limbu
In The Unicode Standard, Limbu script implementation is discussed in Chapter 13: South and Central Asia-II — Other Modern Scripts
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The Limbu script was encoded in The Unicode Standard version 4.0. The script is encoded in the following block:
| Blocks | Character Range | Added in Unicode Version | Unicode Chart |
|---|---|---|---|
| Limbu | 1900..194F | 4.0 | U1900.pdf |
Subsequent to version 4.0, the following characters have been added to the script:
| Characters | Unicode Version | Documentation |
|---|---|---|
| 191D..191E | 7.0 | WG2 N3975/L2/11-008 |
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:
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1992-10-30 Kirat (Limbu) — Rick McGowan (Unicode Technical Report #3 R2
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1999-07-20 Unicode Technical Report #3: Early Aramaic, Balti, Kirat (Limbu), Manipuri (Meitei), and Tai Lü scripts — Rick McGowan, Michael Everson (WG2 N2042
, L2/99-245) -
2001-03-29 Draft proposal: Unicode coding of the Limbu Script — Boyd Michailovsky (L2/01-137
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2001-03-29 Proposal summary form for the Limbu Script — Boyd Michailovsky (L2/01-138
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2001-03-29 Printed samples of the Limbu Script — Boyd Michailovsky (L2/01-139
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2001-03-29 Proposal to encode Limbu in the BMP — Boyd Michailovsky (WG2 N2339
, L2/01-231) -
2002-02-05 Revised proposal to encode the Limbu script in the UCS — Boyd Michailovsky, Michael Everson (WG2 N2410
, L2/02-055) -
2002-03-25 Comments from Limbu experts on n2339 — Takayuki K. Sato (WG2 N2428-1.doc
, L2/02-135) -
2002-04-09 Limbu Examples — Kumar Limbu (WG2 N2428-3
, L2/02-137) -
2002-04-09 Comments on the “Proposal to encode Limbu in the UCS” — Til Bikram Nembang, Dr. Madhav Prasad Pokharel, Dilendra Kurumbang, Kumar Limbu (WG2 N2428-2
, L2/02-136) -
2003-08-13 Introduction to the Limbu Script — Daniel Kai (L2/03-255
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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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2004-03-09 Indic scripts collation grouping; CTT suggestion — Kent Karlsson (WG2 2716.doc
, L2/04-109) -
2005-02-07 Issues in Representation of Indic Scripts in Unicode (Unicode Conference Presentation) — Om Vikas (L2/05-063
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2005-10-21 General category and bidi property for some Indic characters — Asmus Freytag (L2/05-304
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2005-10-24 Comments on 5.0 properties, and property consistency, for some Indic characters (introduced before 5.0) — Kent Karlsson (L2/05-316
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2011-01-14 Proposal to Encode the Letters GYAN and TRA for Limbu in the UCS — Anshuman Pandey (WG2 N3975
, L2/11-008 ) -
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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2020-04-10 Changing Indic Syllabic Category of Limbu Kehmphreng — Martin Hosken (L2/20-184
)- Recommendations to UTC #164 July 2020 on Script Proposals (L2/20-169) (See point 13.)
- Recommendations to UTC #164 July 2020 on Script Proposals (L2/20-169
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2024-08-27 On the Indic_Syllabic_Category of vowel carriers — Robin Leroy (L2/24-203
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