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Unicode Status for Yezidi

In The Unicode Standard, Yezidi script implementation is discussed in Chapter 9 Middle East-I — Modern and Liturgical Scripts.

The Yezidi script was encoded in The Unicode Standard version 13.0. The script is encoded in the following block:

BlocksCharacter RangeAdded in Unicode VersionUnicode Chart
Yezidi10E80..10EBF13.0U10E80.pdf

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

  • 2018-05-25 Preliminary proposal for encoding the Yezidi script in the SMP of the UCS — Erdal Karaca, Dimitri Pirbari, and Andrij Rovenchak (L2/18-238)

    • Recommendations to UTC #156 July 2018 on Script Proposals (L2/18-241) (See point 5.)

    • UTC #156 Minutes (L2/18-183) (See C.17 for decision and action items)

  • 2018-08-20 Preliminary proposal for encoding the Yezidi script in the SMP of the UCS — Erdal Karaca, Dimitri Pirbari, and Andrij Rovenchak (L2/18-284)

    • Recommendations to UTC #157 September 2018 on Script Proposals (L2/18-300) (See point 5.)

    • UTC #157 Minutes (L2/18-272) (See C.9 for decision and action items)

  • 2019-01-10 Proposal for encoding the Yezidi script in the SMP — Andrij Rovenchak, Dimitri Pirbari, and Erdal Karaca (L2/19-051)

    • Recommendations to UTC #158 January 2019 on Script Proposals (L2/19-047) (See point 5.)

    • UTC #158 Minutes (L2/19-008) (See C.7 for decision and action items)

    • Recommendations to UTC #159 April-May 2019 on Script Proposals (L2/19-173) (See point 9a.)

    • UTC #159 Minutes (L2/19-122) (See C.5 for decision and action items)

  • 2019-01-29 Information on Yezidi UUM and hamza — Andrij Rovenchak (L2/19-164)

    • Recommendations to UTC #159 April-May 2019 on Script Proposals (L2/19-173) (See point 9b.)