Unicode Status for Vai
In The Unicode Standard, Vai script implementation is discussed in Chapter 19: Africa
.
The Vai script was encoded in The Unicode Standard version 5.1. The script is encoded in the following block:
| Blocks | Character Range | Added in Unicode Version | Unicode Chart |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vai | A500..A63F | 5.1 | UA500 |
A number of proposals for its inclusion were submitted to the Unicode Technical Committee and WG2:
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2004-11-15—18 Status report on Vai encoding — Charles Riley (L2/04-374
) -
2005-02-07 Preliminary Proposal to Encode the Vai Script into the SMP of the UCS — Charles L. Riley, José R. Rivera, Tombekai V. Sherman, and Jason Glavy (L2/05-053
) -
2005-07-21 List of Contributors and Participants in the Vai Proposal for Unicode — Charles Riley (L2/05-171
) -
2005-08-01 Proposal to add the Vai script to the BMP of the UCS — Michael Everson, Charles Riley, and José Rivera (WG2 N2948
, L2/05-159) -
2006-04-18 Regarding WG2 N3081, proposal for additions to Vai — Rick McGowan (L2/06-136
) -
2006-04-23 Proposal for addition of Vai characters to the UCS — Michael Everson, Mohamed Nyei, Charles Riley, Tombekai Sherman (WG2 N3081
, L2/06-120) -
2007-04-18 Proposal to add additional historic syllables for Vai to the UCS — Michael Everson (WG2 N3243
, L2/07-104) -
2009-04-22 Report to JTC1 Chair and JTC1/SC2 Chair Regarding Resolution 34 on African Languages — Deborah Anderson (WG2 N3641
, L2/09-285) -
2022-03-03 Update on implementation status of African scripts — Charles L. Riley (L2/22-073
) -
2022-07-20 Recommendations to UTC #172 July 2022 on Script Proposals (L2/22-128
) (See point 33.) -
2023-09-08 Update on Usage and Implementation Status of African Scripts — Oreen Yousuf, Charles Riley, Daniel Yacob, Neil Patel, Tim Brookes (L2/23-203
)- Recommendations to UTC #177 November 2023 on Script Proposals (L2/23-238) (See point C.26.)
- Recommendations to UTC #177 November 2023 on Script Proposals (L2/23-238