Unicode Status for Proto-Cuneiform

The Proto-Cuneiform script is not yet in Unicode. The script has a tentative allocation at U+12580..U+12ECF in the Roadmap to the SMP for the Unicode Standard.

A number of proposals toward encoding the script have been submitted to the WG2 and the Unicode Technical Committee:

• 2016-09-25 Preliminary proposal to encode Proto-Cuneiform in the SMP of the UCS — Michael Everson, Laura F. Hawkins (WG2 N4760, L2/16-267)

  • Recommendations to UTC #149 November 2016 on Script Proposals (L2/16-342) (See point 7.)

  • UTC #149 Minutes (L2/16-325) (See C.10 for decision and action items)

• 2017-05-08 Proposal to encode Proto-Cuneiform in the SMP of the UCS — Michael Everson, Laura F. Hawkins (WG2 N4797, L2/17-157)

  • Recommendations to UTC #152 July-August 2017 on Script Proposals (L2/17-255) (See point 4.)

  • UTC #152 Minutes (L2/17-222) (See C.22 for decision and action items)

• 2019-01-29 Proposal to Encode Proto-Cuneiform in the SMP of the UCS — Laura Hawkins (L2/19-284)

  • Recommendations to UTC #160 July 2019 on Script Proposals (L2/19-286) (See point 5.)

• 2020-09-21 Preliminary proposal to encode ProtoCuneiform in Unicode (45MB) — Anshuman Pandey (L2/20-193)

  • Recommendations to UTC #165 October 2020 on Script Proposals (L2/20-250) (See point 7.)

• 2021-08-31 Proto-Cuneiform: Comparison of Sign Images and Glyphs — Anshuman Pandey (L2/21-184)

  • Recommendations to UTC #169 October 2021 on Script Proposals (L2/21-174) (See point 5.)

• 2022-10-10 Revised proposal to encode Proto-Cuneiform in Unicode — Anshuman Pandey (L2/22-239)

  • Recommendations to UTC #173 November 2022 on Script Proposals (L2/22-248) (See point B 20.)

• 2023-07-11 Revised proposal to encode Proto-Cuneiform in Unicode — Anshuman Pandey (L2/23-190)

  • Recommendations to UTC #176 July 2023 on Script Proposals (L2/23-164) (See point B.23.)

  • UTC #176 Minutes (L2/23-157) (See D.1 Section 23 for decision and action items)