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Unicode Status for Takri

In The Unicode Standard, Takri script implementation is discussed in Chapter 15: South and Central Asia-IV — Other Historic Scripts.

The Takri script was encoded in The Unicode Standard version 6.1. The script is encoded in the following block:

BlocksCharacter RangeAdded in Unicode VersionUnicode Chart
Takri11680..116CF6.1U11680.pdf

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

  • 2007-05-15 Proposal to Encode North Indian Accounting Signs in Plane 1 of ISO/IEC 10646 — Anshuman Pandey (WG2 N3312, L2/07-139)

  • 2007-07-31 Towards an Encoding for North Indic Number Forms in the UCS — Anshuman Pandey (WG2 N3334, L2/07-238)

  • 2007-10-07 Proposal to Encode North Indic Number Forms in ISO/IEC 10646 — Anshuman Pandey (WG2 N3367, L2/07-354)

  • 2007-10-14 Changes in L2/07-354 North Indic Number Forms (vs. L2/07-139) — Deborah Anderson (L2/07-390)

  • 2007-12-14 Proposal to Encode the Takri Script in ISO/IEC 10646 — Anshuman Pandey (L2/07-419)

  • 2009-04-06 Proposal to Encode the Takri Script in ISO/IEC 10646 — Anshuman Pandey (L2/09-111)

  • 2009-12-31 Proposal to Encode the Takri Script in ISO/IEC 10646 — Anshuman Pandey (WG2 N3758, L2/09-424)

  • 2010-02-05 Proposed additions to ISO/IEC 10646:2003 — INCITS/L2 (WG2 N3810, L2/10-068)

  • 2012-01-23 Error in ScriptExtensions.txt (Takri use of dandas) — Ken Whistler (L2/12-029)

  • 2017-06-29 Proposal to encode the TAKRI LETTER SSA in Unicode — Srinidhi A, Sridatta A (L2/17-209)

    • Recommendations to UTC #152 July-August 2017 on Script Proposals (L2/17-255) (See point 9.)

  • 2017-07-18 Feedback on L2/17-209 on Takri SSA — Shriramana Sharma (L2/17-231)

  • 2017-08-01 Proposal to encode 116B8 TAKRI LETTER ARCHAIC KHA — Shriramana Sharma (L2/17-279)

    • Recommendations to UTC #152 July-August 2017 on Script Proposals (L2/17-255) (See point 9.)

    • UTC #152 Minutes (L2/17-222) (See D.12.3 for decision and action items)

  • 2018-03-28 Proposal to encode the TAKRI VOWEL SIGN VOCALIC R — Srinidhi A, Sridatta A (L2/18-084)

    • Recommendations to UTC #156 July 2018 on Script Proposals (L2/18-241) (See point 11.)

    • UTC #156 Minutes (L2/18-183) (See D.11 for decision and action items)

  • 2018-07-22 Additional information on L2/18-084 TAKRI VOWEL SIGN VOCALIC R by Srinidhi A and Sridatta A — Deborah Anderson (L2/18-247)

    • Recommendations to UTC #156 July 2018 on Script Proposals (L2/18-241) (See point 11.)

    • Recommendations to UTC #157 September 2018 on Script Proposals (L2/18-300) (See point 7.)

    • UTC #157 Minutes (L2/18-272) (See D.2 for decision and action items)

    • Recommendations to UTC #158 January 2019 on Script Proposals (L2/19-047) (See point 13.)

    • UTC #158 Minutes (L2/19-008) (See D.9 for decision and action items)

  • 2019-07-14 Proposal to encode the Abbreviation Sign for Takri — Srinidhi A, Sridatta A (L2/19-264)

    • Recommendations to UTC #161 October 2019 on Script Proposals (L2/19-343) (See point 12.)

    • UTC #161 Minutes (L2/19-323) (See D.7 for decision and action items)

  • 2020-06-20 Proposal to encode the TAKRI SIGN CANDRABINDU — Srinidhi A, Sridatta A (L2/20-149)

    • Recommendations to UTC #164 July 2020 on Script Proposals (L2/20-169) (See point 16.)