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Unicode Status for Sunuwar

In The Unicode Standard, Sunuwar script (formerly called Jenticha) implementation is discussed in Chapter 13 South and Central Asia-II — Other Modern Scripts.

The Sunuwar script was encoded in The Unicode Standard version 16.0. The script is now encoded in the following block:

BlocksCharacter RangeAdded in Unicode VersionUnicode chart
Sunuwar11BC0..11BFF16.0U11BC0.pdf

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

  • 2011-01-25 Preliminary Proposal to Encode the Jenticha Script in ISO/IEC 10646 — Anshuman Pandey (WG2 N3962, L2/10-466)

  • 2011-05-31 Proposal to Encode the Jenticha Script in ISO/IEC 10646 — Anshuman Pandey (WG2 N4028, L2/11-218)

  • 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)

  • 2021-09-10 Proposal to encode the Sunuwar script in Unicode — Anshuman Pandey (L2/21-157)

    • Recommendations to UTC #169 October 2021 on Script Proposals (L2/21-174) (See point 9.)

    • Recommendations to UTC #170 January 2022 on Script Proposals (L2/22-023) (See point 11.)

    • UTC #170 Minutes (L2/22-016) (See D.1 SECTION 11 for decision and action items)

  • 2022-07-20 Recommendations to UTC #172 July 2022 on Script Proposals (L2/22-128) (See point 29.)

    • UTC #172 Minutes (L2/22-121) (See D.1 SECTION 29 for decision and action items)

  • 2024-01-01 Comparison of Sunuwar font in Unicode proposal to font developed for Sunuwar Welfare Society — Neil Patel (L2/24-022)

    • Recommendations to UTC #178 January 2024 on Script Proposals (L2/24-013) (See point A.IV.6.)

    • UTC #178 Minutes (L2/24-006) (See D.1 Section 6 for decision and action items)