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Unicode Status for Newa

In The Unicode Standard, Newa script implementation is discussed in Chapter 13: South and Central Asia-II — Other Modern Scripts.

The Newa (formerly called Newar or Prachalit) script was encoded in The Unicode Standard version 9.0. The script is now encoded in the following block:

BlocksCharacter RangeAdded in Unicode VersionUnicode chart
Newa11400..1147F9.0U11400.pdf

Subsequent to version 9.0, the following characters have been added to the Newa script:

CharactersUnicode VersionDocumentation
1145E11.0L2/16-383

Pending indicates codepoint assignments are not final; Documentation refers to ISO Working Group and Unicode proposals

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

  • 2009-09-28 Roadmapping the scripts of Nepal — Michael Everson (WG2 N3692, L2/09-325)

  • 2011-05-03 Preliminary Proposal to Encode the Prachalit Nepal Script in ISO/IEC10646 — Anshuman Pandey (WG2 N4038, L2/11-152)

  • 2012-02-29 Proposal to Encode the Newar Script in ISO/IEC 10646 — Anshuman Pandey (WG2 N4184, L2/12-003)

  • 2012-02-05 Proposal for the Nepaalalipi script in the Universal Character Set for Inclusion in the Unicode Standard — Dev Dass Manandhar, Samir Karmacharya, Bishnu Chitrakar (WG2 N4322, L2/12-120)

  • 2012-05-11 On the encoding of the “Nepaalalipi” / “Newar” script — Ken Whistler (L2/12-200)

  • 2012-07-21 Response to L2/12-200 On the encoding of the “Nepaalalipi” / “Newar” script — Dev Dass Manandhar (L2/12-244)

  • 2012-07-21 Ancillary materials on “breathy consonants” in “Nepaalalipi” — Dev Dass Manandhar (L2/12-245)

  • 2012-10-22 Letter in support of N4184 and encoding the Newar script in ISO/IEC 10646 — Iain Sinclair (WG2 N4372, L2/12-336)

  • 2012-10-29 Proposal for the Nepaalalipi script in the UCS — Dev Dass Manandhar, Samir Karmacharya, Bishnu Chitrakar (L2/12-349)

  • 2012-10-08 Proposal to Encode Nepal Himalayish Scripts in ISO/IEC 10646 — Pat Hall (WG2 N4347, L2/12-365)

    • Review of Indic‐related documents and Recommendations to the UTC (L2/12-378) (See point II.)

    • UTC #133 Minutes (L2/12-343) (See D.10.1 for decision and action items)

  • 2012-11-08 Comparison between Newar and Nepaalalipi proposals (L2/12-003 and L2/12-349) — Deborah Anderson (L2/12-390)

  • 2013-01-28 Nepaalalipi e-mail — Dev Dass Manandhar, Bishnu Chitrakar, Sameer Karmacharya (L2/13-029)

  • 2014-04-10 Proposal to Encode Nepaalalipi Script in ISO/IEC 10646 — Dev Dass Manandhar, Samir Karmacharya, Bishnu Chitrakar (L2/14-086)

  • 2014-09-23 Comparison between Newar and Nepaalalipi proposals — Deborah Anderson (L2/14-220)

  • 2014-10-06 Recommendations to UTC from Script Meeting in Nepal — Deborah Anderson (L2/14-253)

  • 2014-10-21 Response to the Recommendation for Nepalese Scripts in L2/14-253 — Anshuman Pandey (WG2 N4602, L2/14-258)

  • 2014-10-24 Towards a Consensus Encoding of Newa — Ken Whistler (L2/14-285)

  • 2014-10-28 Rationale for Atomic Encoding of Murmured Resonants in Newa — Ken Whistler (L2/14-281)

  • 2014-10-28 Specimen Showing Representation of Murmured Consonants in the Newar Script — Anshuman Pandey (WG2 N4552, L2/14-290)

  • 2016-12-23 Proposal to encode the SANDHI MARK for Newa — Srinidhi A, Sridatta A (L2/16-383)

    • Recommendations to UTC #150 January 2017 on Script Proposals (L2/17-037) (See point 9.)

    • UTC #150 Minutes (L2/17-016) (See D.3.1 for decision and action items)

  • 2017-04-08 Proposal to encode the NEWA LETTER VEDIC ANUSVARA — Srinidhi A, Sridatta A (L2/17-093)

    • Recommendations to UTC #152 July-August 2017 on Script Proposals (L2/17-255) (See point 14.)

    • UTC #152 Minutes (L2/17-222) (See D.6.1 for decision and action items)

  • 2017-04-19 Comments on L2/16-322 and L2/16-383, Sandhi marks for Bengali and Newa — Deborah Anderson (L2/17-130)

    • Recommendations to UTC #151 May 2017 on Script Proposals (L2/17-153) (See point 4.)

    • UTC #151 Minutes (L2/17-103) (See D.3.3 for decision and action items)

  • 2017-12-08 Proposal to encode JIHVAMULIYA and UPADHMANIYA for Newa — Srinidhi A, Sridatta A (L2/17-369)

    • Recommendations to UTC #154 January 2018 on Script Proposals (L2/18-039) (See point 16a.)

    • UTC #154 Minutes (L2/18-007) (See D.4.1 for decision and action items)

  • 2017-12-24 Proposal to encode the DOUBLE COMMA for Newa — Srinidhi A, Sridatta A (L2/17-440)

    • Recommendations to UTC #154 January 2018 on Script Proposals (L2/18-039) (See point 16b.)

    • UTC #154 Minutes (L2/18-007) (See D.4.2 for decision and action items)

  • 2018-05-28 Feedback on pushpika — Deborah Anderson (L2/18-232)

    • Recommendations to UTC #156 July 2018 on Script Proposals (L2/18-241) (See point 6.)

  • 2019-04-24 Request to change the default behavior of Newa Initial Ra — Zachary Scheuren, Ananda Maharjan (L2/19-170)

    • Recommendations to UTC #159 April-May 2019 on Script Proposals (L2/19-173) (See point 15.)

    • UTC #159 Minutes (L2/19-122) (See D.6 for decision and action items)