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Unicode Status for Warang Citi

In The Unicode Standard, Warang Citi script implementation is discussed in Chapter 13: South and Central Asia-II — Other Modern Scripts.

The Warang Citi script was encoded in The Unicode Standard version 7.0. The script is now encoded in the following block:

BlocksCharacter RangeAdded in Unicode VersionUnicode chart
Warang Citi118A0..118FF7.0U118A0.pdf

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

  • 1999-01-29 Proposal for encoding the Varang Kshiti script in the BMP of the UCS — Michael Everson (WG2 N1958, L2/99-058 (not online))

  • 2007-04-22 Review of Proposal for Encoding Warang Chiti (Ho orthography) in Unicode — David Harrison (L2/07-137)

  • 2008-04-08 Preliminary proposal for encoding the Varang Kshiti script in the UCS — Michael Everson (WG2 N3411, L2/08-130)

  • 2009-08-05 Proposal for encoding the Warang Citi script in the BMP of the UCS — Michael Everson (WG2 N3668, L2/09-291)

  • 2011-12-31 Revised proposal for encoding the Warang Citi script in the SMP of the UCS — Michael Everson (WG2 N4176, L2/11-444)

  • 2012-04-19 Final proposal for encoding the Warang Citi script in the SMP of the UCS — Michael Everson (WG2 N4259, L2/12-118)