Unicode Status for Manichaean
In The Unicode Standard, Manichaean script implementation is discussed in Chapter 10 Middle East-II — Ancient Scripts
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The Manichaean script was encoded in The Unicode Standard version 7.0. The script is now encoded in the following block:
| Blocks | Character Range | Added in Unicode Version | Unicode chart |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manichaean | 10AC0..10AFF | 7.0 | U10AC0.pdf |
A number of proposals for its inclusion have been submitted to the Unicode Technical Committee and WG2:
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2000-02-15 Scripts from the Past in Future Versions of Unicode — Carl-Martin Bunz (L2/00-128
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2000-04-26 Further comments on historic scripts — Carl-Martin Bunz (L2/00-153
) -
2000-12-21 Encoding Iranian Scripts in Unicode, Iranianist meeting report from Paris — Carl-Martin Bunz (L2/01-007
) -
2002-12-03 Revised proposal to encode the Manichaean script in the UCS — Michael Everson (WG2 N2544
, L2/03-099) -
2004-07-20 Manichaean Joining Types and Shaping Behavior — Rick McGowan (L2/04-292
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2008-01-28 Revised proposal to encode the Manichaean script in the UCS — Michael Everson, Desmond Durkin-Meisterernst (WG2 N3378
, L2/08-025) -
2008-11-01 Proposal for encoding the Manichaean script in the SMP of the UCS — Michael Everson, Desmond Durkin-Meisterernst (WG2 N3486
, L2/08-271) -
2009-08-06 Specifying Joining Behavior for Manichaean Aleph — Roozbeh Pournader, Deborah Anderson (L2/09-284
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2009-09-30 Revised proposal for encoding the Manichaean script in the SMP of the UCS — Michael Everson, Desmond Durkin-Meisterernst, Roozbeh Pournader (WG2 N3644
, L2/09-186) -
2011-05-10 Second revised proposal for encoding the Manichaean script in the SMP of the UCS — Michael Everson, Desmond Durkin-Meisterernst, Roozbeh Pournader, Shervin Afshar (WG2 N4029
, L2/11-123) -
2019-07-23 Comments on Public Review Issues (April 28, 2019 - July 23, 2019) — Rick McGowan (L2/19-272
)