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Unicode Status for Medefaidrin

In The Unicode Standard, Medefaidrin (also called Oberi Okaime script) script implementation is discussed in Chapter 19: Africa.

The Medefaidrin script was encoded in The Unicode Standard version 11.0. The script is encoded in the following block:

BlocksCharacter RangeAdded in Unicode VersionUnicode Chart
Medefaidrin16E40..16E9F11.0U16E40.pdf

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

  • 2015-04-21 Preliminary proposal for encoding the Medefaidrin (Oberi Okaime) script in the SMP of the UCS — Andrij Rovenchak, Dafydd Gibbon, Moses Ekpenyong, Eno-Abasi Urua (L2/15-117)

  • 2015-10-01 Proposal for encoding the Medefaidrin (Oberi Okaime) script in the SMP of the UCS — Andrij Rovenchak, Dafydd Gibbon, Moses Ekpenyong, Eno-Abasi Urua (L2/15-298)

  • 2016-01-13 Proposal for encoding the Medefaidrin (Oberi Okaime) script in the SMP of the UCS — Andrij Rovenchak, Dafydd Gibbon, Moses Ekpenyong, Eno-Abasi Urua (L2/16-020)

  • 2016-04-18 Proposal for encoding the Medefaidrin (Oberi Okaime) script in the SMP of the UCS — Andrij Rovenchak, Dafydd Gibbon, Moses Ekpenyong, and Eno-Abasi Urua (L2/16-101)

    • Recommendations to UTC #147 May 2016 on Script Proposals — Deborah Anderson, Ken Whistler, Roozbeh Pournader, Andrew Glass, Laurentiu Iancu (L2/16-156) (See section 6 for recommendations)

    • UTC #147 Minutes (L2/16-121) (See C.15 for decision and action items)

  • 2018-04-11 Medefaidrin corrections for 11.0 — Moses Ekpenyong, and Eno-Abasi Urua, Andrij Rovenchak (L2/18-142)

    • Recommendations to UTC #155 April-May 2018 on Script Proposals (L2/18-168) (See point 5.)

    • UTC #155 Minutes (L2/18-115) (See C.15 for decision and action items)

  • 2022-03-03 Update on implementation status of African scripts — Charles L. Riley (L2/22-073)

    • Recommendations to UTC #171 April 2022 on Script Proposals (L2/22-068) (See point 28.)

    • UTC #171 Minutes (L2/22-061) (See D.1 SECTION 28 for decision and action items)

  • 2023-09-08 Update on Usage and Implementation Status of African Scripts — Oreen Yousuf, Charles Riley, Daniel Yacob, Neil Patel, Tim Brookes (L2/23-203)

    • Recommendations to UTC #177 November 2023 on Script Proposals (L2/23-238) (See point C.26.)