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Unicode Status for Old Uyghur

In The Unicode Standard, Old Uyghur script implementation is discussed in Chapter 14: South and Central Asia-III — Ancient Scripts.

Blocks

Section titled “Blocks”

The Old Uyghur script was encoded in The Unicode Standard version 14.0. The script is now encoded in the following block:

BlocksCharacter RangeAdded in Unicode VersionUnicode chart
Old Uyghur10F70..10FAF14.0U10F70.pdf

Characters

Section titled “Characters”

Since encoding of the script, no new characters have been added.

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:

  • 2011-11-07 Proposal for encoding the Uygur script in the SMP of the UCS — Omarjan Osman (WG2 N4226, L2/12-066)
  • 2013-03-27 Proposal to Encode the Uyghur Script in ISO/IEC 10646 — Omarjan Osman (L2/13-071)
  • 2018-04-30 Preliminary proposal to encode Old Uyghur in Unicode — Anshuman Pandey (L2/18-126)
    • Recommendations to UTC #155 April-May 2018 on Script Proposals (L2/18-168) (See point 16.)
    • UTC #155 Minutes (L2/18-115) (See C.13 for decision and action items)
  • 2018-05-02 Comments on the preliminary proposal to encode Old Uyghur in Unicode (L2/18-126) — Dai Matsui (L2/18-335)
  • 2018-11-30 Proposal to encode Old Uyghur in Unicode (replaces L2/18-126) — Anshuman Pandey (L2/18-333)
  • 2019-01-07 Revised proposal to encode Old Uyghur (replaces L2/18-126) — Anshuman Pandey (L2/19-016)
    • Recommendations to UTC #158 January 2019 on Script Proposals (L2/19-047) (See point 10.)
    • UTC #158 Minutes (L2/19-008) (See C.6 for decision and action items)
  • 2020-01-15 Revised proposal to encode Old Uyghur (replaces L2/19-016) — Anshuman Pandey (L2/20-003)
    • Recommendations to UTC #162 January 2020 on Script Proposals (L2/20-046) (See point 9.)
    • UTC #162 Minutes (L2/20-015) (See B.14.1.1 for decision and action items)
  • 2020-07-15 Final proposal to encode Old Uyghur in Unicode — Anshuman Pandey (L2/20-191)
    • Recommendations to UTC #164 July 2020 on Script Proposals (L2/20-169) (See point 14.)
    • Recommendations to UTC #165 October 2020 on Script Proposals (L2/20-250) (See point 12.)
    • Recommendations to UTC #166 January 2021 on Script Proposals (L2/21-016) (See point 14.)
    • UTC #166 Minutes (L2/21-009) (See B.1 — 14 for decision and action items)
  • 2020-07-29 Endorsement of the Old Uyghur encoding proposal L2/20-191 — Nicholas Kontovas (L2/20-199)