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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.

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

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)