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Unicode Status for Telugu

In The Unicode Standard, Telugu script implementation is discussed in Chapter 12 South and Central Asia-I — Official Scripts of India.

Blocks

Section titled “Blocks”

The Telugu script was first encoded in The Unicode Standard version 1.0. Since that time the encoding has undergone a small number of modifications; the script is encoded in the following block:

BlocksCharacter RangeAdded in Unicode VersionDocumentation
Telugu0C00..0C7F1.0U0C00.pdf

Vedic Extensions may be used with the Telugu script as well as many other Indic scripts.

Characters

Section titled “Characters”

Subsequent to version 1.0, the following characters have been added to the Telugu script:

CharactersUnicode VersionDocumentation
0C007.0WG2 N3964, L2/10-392
0C0411.0L2/16-285
0C347.0WG2 N4214, L2/12-015, L2/12-076
0C3D5.1n3116R.pdf/L2/06-250
0C58..0C595.1n3116R.pdf/L2/06-250
0C62..0C635.1n3116R.pdf/L2/06-250
0C78..0C7F5.1n3116R.pdf/L2/06-250
0C5A8.0L2/13-121

Documentation refers to ISO Working Group and Unicode proposals

Proposals and documents

Section titled “Proposals and documents”

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

  • 2000-11-15 Unicode representation of Indian Scripts — M.N. Cooper (L2/00-417)
  • 2004-03-09 Indic scripts collation grouping; CTT suggestion — Kent Karlsson (WG2 2716.doc, L2/04-109)
  • 2004-06-30 Proposal on Clarification and Consolidation of the Function of ZERO WIDTH JOINER in Indic Scripts — Peter Constable (L2/04-279)
  • 2004-08-04 Response to Public Review Issue #37 — Antoine Leca (L2/04-328)
  • 2005-01-29 Comments on PRI 59: Script Specific Danda and Double Danda — Eric Muller (L2/05-055)
  • 2005-02-07 Issues in Representation of Indic Scripts in Unicode (Unicode Conference Presentation) — Om Vikas (L2/05-063)
  • 2006-04-17 Dravidian script “markers” code-points in Unicode — Naga Ganesan (L2/06-134)
  • 2006-06-17 Comments on Indic Block Descriptions — Peter Constable (L2/06-225)
  • 2006-07-31 Comments on L2/06-250, Proposal to add eighteen characters for Telugu to the BMP of the UCS — Naga Ganesan (L2/06-267)
  • 2006-08-01 Proposal on Handling Reph in Gurmukhi and Telugu Scripts — Nagarjuna Venna (L2/06-334)
  • 2006-08-02 Proposal to add eighteen characters for Telugu to the BMP of the UCS — Michael Everson, Sures Kolicala, and Nagarjuna Venna (WG2 N3116, L2/06-250)
  • 2008-03-02 Criteria for the encoding of script-specific dandas — Unicode and US National Body (WG2 N3457, L2/08-118)
  • 2009-05-08 Deprecated Telugu and Malayalam reph sequences — Naga Ganesan (L2/09-203)
  • 2009-11-01 Request for an annotation for the generic Indic dandas — Shriramana Sharma (L2/09-423)
  • 2010-09-06 Request to avoid encoding South Indian abbreviation signs — Shriramana Sharma (L2/10-266)
  • 2010-09-12 Request to deprecate 0C55 TELUGU LENGTH MARK — Shriramana Sharma (L2/10-339)
  • 2010-10-11 Request to encode South Indian candrabindu-s — Shriramana Sharma (WG2 N3964, L2/10-392)
  • 2011-07-28 A clear policy on encoding OM characters — Shriramana Sharma (L2/11-308)
  • 2011-10-14 On the Telugu nakaara-pollu — Shriramana Sharma, Suresh Kolichala, Nagarjuna Venna, Vinodh Rajan (L2/11-409)
  • 2011-10-27 Letter from Swaran Lata, Gov’t of India, re proposals — Swaran Lata (L2/11-408)
  • 2012-01-17 Proposal to encode 0C34 TELUGU LETTER LLLA — Shriramana Sharma, Suresh Kolichala, Nagarjuna Venna, Vinodh Rajan (WG2 N4214, L2/12-015)
  • 2012-01-17 Request to finalize encoding model for Telugu Reph — Shriramana Sharma (L2/12-017)
  • 2012-01-18 Proposal to encode 0C5A TELUGU LETTER RRRA — Shriramana Sharma, Suresh Kolichala, Nagarjuna Venna, Vinodh Rajan (WG2 N4215, L2/12-016)
  • 2012-02-06 Govt. of Andhra Pradesh’s inputs on document no. L2/12-015 (Telugu LLLA) — Andhra Pradesh (L2/12-076)
  • 2012-02-06 Govt. of Andhra Pradesh’s inputs on document no: L2/12-017 (Telugu Reph) — Andhra Pradesh (L2/12-077)
  • 2012-02-07 Inputs of Govt. of India on various documents — Swaran Lata (L2/12-079)
  • 2012-07-31 Indic Scripts in Unicode — Eric Muller (L2/12-289)
  • 2013-01-28 Request to use character name TTTA - Comment on L2/12-016 — Naga Ganesan (L2/13-034)
  • 2013-05-09 Letter from Andhra Pradesh re Telugu RRRA — Suresh Kolichala (L2/13-121)
  • 2013-11-07 Samples for usage of dandas in Gujarati, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, and Tamil — Roozbeh Pournader (L2/13-224)
  • 2013-11-09 The Kannada “nakaara-pollu” — Shriramana Sharma (L2/13-228)
  • 2014-01-05 On the Telugu and Kannada Vowel Signs for O and OO — Shriramana Sharma (L2/14-005)
  • 2014-08-05 Status report on Script Extensions and Indic properties — Roozbeh Pournader (L2/14-199)
  • 2015-02-16 Need for representing often used Telugu symbols — Challa Anilkumar (L2/15-082)
  • 2016-10-20 Proposal to encode the TELUGU SIGN COMBINING ANUSVARA ABOVE — Srinidhi A, Sridatta A (L2/16-285)
    • Recommendations to UTC #149 November 2016 on Script Proposals (L2/16-342) (See point 3.)
    • UTC #149 Minutes (L2/16-325) (See D.3 for decision and action items)
  • 2017-01-23 Preliminary analysis of ZWNJ and ZWJ’s usage in Indic scripts (XLSX spreadsheet) — Liang Hai (L2/17-046)
  • 2017-04-17 Request for editorial updates to Indic scripts — Srinidhi A, Sridatta A (L2/17-098)
    • Recommendations to UTC #152 July-August 2017 on Script Proposals (L2/17-255) (See point 7.)
  • 2017-07-17 Proposal to encode the TELUGU SIGN SIDDHAM — Srinidhi A, Sridatta A (L2/17-218)
    • Recommendations to UTC #152 July-August 2017 on Script Proposals (L2/17-255) (See point 12.)
    • UTC #152 Minutes (L2/17-222) (See D.13 for decision and action items)
  • 2019-12-17 Proposal to Encode Telugu Sign Nukta — Vinodh Rajan, Shriramana Sharma, Suresh Kolichala (L2/19-401)
    • Recommendations to UTC #162 January 2020 on Script Proposals (L2/20-046) (See point 8.)
    • UTC #162 Minutes (L2/20-015) (See D.2 for decision and action items)
  • 2019-12-29 Additional evidence for the use of Nukta sign in Telugu — Srinidhi A, Sridatta A (L2/19-405)
    • Recommendations to UTC #162 January 2020 on Script Proposals (L2/20-046) (See point 8.)
    • UTC #162 Minutes (L2/20-015) (See D.2.1 for decision and action items)
  • 2020-03-18 Proposal to Encode Telugu Reph — Vinodh Rajan, Shriramana Sharma, Suresh Kolichala (L2/20-083)
    • Recommendations to UTC #163 April-May 2020 on Script Proposals (L2/20-105) (See point 9d.)
    • UTC #163 Minutes (L2/20-102) (See B.1 for decision and action items)
  • 2020-03-18 Revised Proposal to Encode Telugu Sign Nukta — Vinodh Rajan, Shriramana Sharma, Suresh Kolichala (L2/20-085)
    • Recommendations to UTC #163 April-May 2020 on Script Proposals (L2/20-105) (See point 9a.)
    • UTC #163 Minutes (L2/20-102) (See B.1 for decision and action items)
  • 2020-03-18 Fixing a Superfluous Sequence in the Telugu Section of TUS — Vinodh Rajan (L2/20-086)
    • Recommendations to UTC #163 April-May 2020 on Script Proposals (L2/20-105) (See point 9c.)
  • 2020-04-14 Proposal to Encode Two Letters in Telugu — Vinodh Rajan (L2/20-119)
    • Recommendations to UTC #163 April-May 2020 on Script Proposals (L2/20-105) (See point 9e.)
    • UTC #163 Minutes (L2/20-102) (See B.1 for decision and action items)
    • Recommendations to UTC #164 July 2020 on Script Proposals (L2/20-169) (See point 17a.)
    • UTC #164 Minutes (L2/20-172) (See B.1 for decision and action items)
  • 2020-04-14 Representing an Underline Diacritic in Telugu — Vinodh Rajan (L2/20-120)
    • Recommendations to UTC #164 July 2020 on Script Proposals (L2/20-169) (See point 17b.)
  • 2020-04-18 Proposal to Encode Telugu Letter Nakaara Pollu — Vinodh Rajan, Shriramana Sharma, Suresh Kolichala (L2/20-084)
    • Recommendations to UTC #163 April-May 2020 on Script Proposals (L2/20-105) (See point 9b.)
    • UTC #163 Minutes (L2/20-102) (See B.1 for decision and action items)
  • 2020-05-08 Unicode Expert committee - TVA Minutes of the meeting held on 08-May-2020 — Gov’t of Tamil Nadu (L2/20-147)
    • Recommendations to UTC #164 July 2020 on Script Proposals (L2/20-169) (See point 17a.)
    • UTC #164 Minutes (L2/20-172) (See B.1 for decision and action items)
  • 2020-07-07 Response to the proposal to encode two letters in Telugu (L2/20-119) — Muthu Nedumaran (L2/20-161)
    • Recommendations to UTC #164 July 2020 on Script Proposals (L2/20-169) (See point 17a.)
    • UTC #164 Minutes (L2/20-172) (See B.1 for decision and action items)
  • 2021-12-23 Proposal to encode ARCHAIC SHRII in Kannada and Telugu — Srinidhi A, Sridatta A (L2/22-006)
    • Recommendations to UTC #170 January 2022 on Script Proposals (L2/22-023) (See point 9.)
    • UTC #170 Minutes (L2/22-016) (See D.1 SECTION 9 for decision and action items)
  • 2022-06-14 Response to PRI 451 — Asmus Freytag (L2/22-114)
    • UTC #172 Minutes (L2/22-121) (See F.3 for decision and action items)
  • 2022-07-20 Nonalphabetic bindus (beta feedback) Recommendations to UTC #172 July 2022 on Script Proposals (L2/22-128) (See point 27.)
    • UTC #172 Minutes (L2/22-121) (See D.1.27 for decision and action items)