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Unicode Status for Samaritan

In The Unicode Standard, Samaritan script implementation is discussed in Chapter 9 Middle East-I — Modern and Liturgical Scripts.

Samaritan script was first encoded in The Unicode Standard version 5.2.

BlocksCharacter RangeAdded in Unicode VersionUnicode Chart
Samaritan0800..083F5.2U0800.pdf

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

  • 2003-06-13 Proposal to encode Samaritan Pentateuch Sign — Peter Constable (L2/03-206)

  • 2004-05-12 Proposal to add Samaritan Pointing to ISO 10646 — Elaine Keown (WG2 N2758, L2/04-159)

  • 2005-07-27 Proposal to encode Samaritan Text symbol — SBL (John Hudson, et al) (WG2 N3217, L2/06-245)

  • 2007-07-27 Preliminary proposal to add the Samaritan alphabet to the BMP of the UCS — Michael Everson, Mark Shoulson (WG2 N3291, L2/07-231)

  • 2007-08-02 Middle Dots and Don’ts — Ken Whistler (L2/07-258)

  • 2007-08-05 Non-blank spaces — Asmus Freytag (L2/07-260)

  • 2008-01-25 Proposal to add the Samaritan alphabet to the BMP of the UCS — Michael Everson, Mark Shoulson (WG2 N3377, L2/08-024)

  • 2012-11-03 Sorting all RTL scripts together — Roozbeh Pournader (L2/12-377)