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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.

Blocks

Section titled “Blocks”

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

Characters

Section titled “Characters”

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

Proposals and documents

Section titled “Proposals and documents”

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)