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Adlam (Unicode block)
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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>In June 2016, Adlam was added to the Unicode Standard with the release of version 9.0.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> </p><p>In October 2017, Google released a <a href="/facts/Noto_font/d11sPCC2">Noto font</a> that supports the block, Noto Sans Adlam, although it did not handle prenasalized consonants properly.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> </p><p>On 3 October 2018, Microsoft released an updated <a href="/facts/Ebrima/SkXElT7J">Ebrima font</a> to support Adlam alphabet to <a href="/facts/Windows_Insiders/zMnRVcCJ">Windows Insiders</a> as part of the <a href="/facts/Windows_10/be9IHehJ">Windows 10</a> version 1903 feature update, starting from build 18252.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="characters">Characters</h2> <table><tbody><tr><td colspan="17">Adlam[1][2]<a href="https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U1E900.pdf">Official Unicode Consortium code chart</a> (PDF)</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>4</td><td>5</td><td>6</td><td>7</td><td>8</td><td>9</td><td>A</td><td>B</td><td>C</td><td>D</td><td>E</td><td>F</td></tr><tr><td>U+1E90x</td><td>𞤀</td><td>𞤁</td><td>𞤂</td><td>𞤃</td><td>𞤄</td><td>𞤅</td><td>𞤆</td><td>𞤇</td><td>𞤈</td><td>𞤉</td><td>𞤊</td><td>𞤋</td><td>𞤌</td><td>𞤍</td><td>𞤎</td><td>𞤏</td></tr><tr><td>U+1E91x</td><td>𞤐</td><td>𞤑</td><td>𞤒</td><td>𞤓</td><td>𞤔</td><td>𞤕</td><td>𞤖</td><td>𞤗</td><td>𞤘</td><td>𞤙</td><td>𞤚</td><td>𞤛</td><td>𞤜</td><td>𞤝</td><td>𞤞</td><td>𞤟</td></tr><tr><td>U+1E92x</td><td>𞤠</td><td>𞤡</td><td>𞤢</td><td>𞤣</td><td>𞤤</td><td>𞤥</td><td>𞤦</td><td>𞤧</td><td>𞤨</td><td>𞤩</td><td>𞤪</td><td>𞤫</td><td>𞤬</td><td>𞤭</td><td>𞤮</td><td>𞤯</td></tr><tr><td>U+1E93x</td><td>𞤰</td><td>𞤱</td><td>𞤲</td><td>𞤳</td><td>𞤴</td><td>𞤵</td><td>𞤶</td><td>𞤷</td><td>𞤸</td><td>𞤹</td><td>𞤺</td><td>𞤻</td><td>𞤼</td><td>𞤽</td><td>𞤾</td><td>𞤿</td></tr><tr><td>U+1E94x</td><td>𞥀</td><td>𞥁</td><td>𞥂</td><td>𞥃</td><td>𞥄</td><td>𞥅</td><td>𞥆</td><td>𞥇</td><td>𞥈</td><td>𞥉</td><td>𞥊</td><td>𞥋</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>U+1E95x</td><td>𞥐</td><td>𞥑</td><td>𞥒</td><td>𞥓</td><td>𞥔</td><td>𞥕</td><td>𞥖</td><td>𞥗</td><td>𞥘</td><td>𞥙</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>𞥞</td><td>𞥟</td></tr><tr><td colspan="17">Notes1.^ As of Unicode version 16.02.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Adlam block: </p> <table><tbody><tr><th><a href="/facts/Unicode/DDu3MfPV">Version</a></th><th>Final code points<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></th><th>Count</th><th><a href="/facts/International_Committee_for_Information_Technology_Standards/CXq4JYfR">L2</a> ID</th><th><a href="/facts/ISO/IEC_JTC_1/SC_2/IcW7grUW">WG2</a> ID</th><th>Document</th></tr><tr><td rowspan="10">9.0</td><td rowspan="10">U+1E900..1E94A, 1E950..1E959, 1E95E..1E95F</td><td rowspan="10">87</td><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2013/13191-n4488-adlam.pdf">L2/13-191</a></td><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4488.pdf">N4488</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Michael_Everson/8Se2cLdz">Everson, Michael</a> (2013-10-28), <i>Preliminary proposal to encode the Adlam script in the SMP of the UCS</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2013/13210-script-rec.pdf">L2/13-210</a></td><td></td><td>Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; McGowan, Rick; Pournader, Roozbeh (2013-10-31), "2", <i>Recommendations to UTC #137 November 2013 on Script Proposals</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2014/14219r-n4628-adlam.pdf">L2/14-219R</a></td><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4628.pdf">N4628</a></td><td>Everson, Michael (2014-09-23), <i>Proposal for encoding the Adlam script in the SMP of the UCS</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2014/14268r-script-rec.pdf">L2/14-268R</a></td><td></td><td>Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; McGowan, Rick; Pournader, Roozbeh; Iancu, Laurențiu; Glass, Andrew; Constable, Peter; Suignard, Michel (2014-10-27), "9. Adlam", <i>Recommendations to UTC #141 October 2014 on Script Proposals</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2014/14250.htm">L2/14-250</a></td><td></td><td>Moore, Lisa (2014-11-10), "Consensus 141-C20", <i>UTC #141 Minutes</i>, Accept 87 Adlam characters at U+1E900..U+1E95F in block Adlam U+1E900..U+1E95F, with properties as given in L2/14-219R for encoding in a future version of the standard.</td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16052-n4603.pdf">L2/16-052</a></td><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4603.pdf">N4603 (pdf</a>, <a href="https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4603.doc">doc</a>)</td><td>Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2015-09-01), "10.2.6", <i>Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 63</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2019/19070-adlam-font.pdf">L2/19-070</a></td><td></td><td>Patel, Neil; Jamra, Mark (2019-01-19), <i>Replacement of Adlam Reference Font in Codesheet to Updated Design</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2019/19119r-adlam-font-repl.pdf">L2/19-119R</a></td><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n5076-19119r-adlam-font-repl.pdf">N5076</a></td><td>Patel, Neil; Jamra, Mark; Cornelius, Craig; Barry, Ibrahima; Barry, Abdoulaye (2019-04-19), <i>Replacement of Adlam Reference Font in Codesheet to Updated Design</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2019/19173-script-adhoc-recs.pdf">L2/19-173</a></td><td></td><td>Anderson, Deborah; et al. (2019-04-29), "5. Adlam", <i>Recommendations to UTC #159 April-May 2019 on Script Proposals</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2019/19122.htm">L2/19-122</a></td><td></td><td>Moore, Lisa (2019-05-08), "C.14", <i>UTC #159 Minutes</i></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="5">12.0</td><td rowspan="5">U+1E94B</td><td rowspan="5">1</td><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2018/18282-adlam.pdf">L2/18-282</a></td><td></td><td>Barry, Abdoulaye; Barry, Ibrahima; Constable, Peter; Glass, Andrew (2018-08-26), <i>Proposal to encode ADLAM LETTER APOSTROPHE for ADLaM script</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2018/18274-pubrev.html">L2/18-274</a></td><td></td><td>McGowan, Rick (2018-09-14), "Feedback on an Encoding Proposal L2/18-282", <i>Comments on Public Review Issues (July 24 - Sept 14, 2018)</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2018/18300-script-ad-hoc-rec.pdf">L2/18-300</a></td><td></td><td>Anderson, Deborah; et al. (2018-09-14), "3. Adlam", <i>Recommendations to UTC #157 on Script Proposals</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2018/18282r-adlam.pdf">L2/18-282R</a></td><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n5022-18282r-adlam.pdf">N5022</a></td><td>Barry, Abdoulaye; Barry, Ibrahima; Constable, Peter; Glass, Andrew (2018-11-17), <i>Proposal to encode ADLAMNASALIZATION MARKfor ADLaM script</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2018/18272.htm">L2/18-272</a></td><td></td><td>Moore, Lisa (2018-10-29), "C.7", <i>UTC #157 Minutes</i></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Numerals_in_Unicode/zt7TSWWU">Numerals in Unicode</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Waddell, Kaveh (2016-11-16). "The Alphabet That Will Save a People From Disappearing". The Atlantic. <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kaveh_Waddell&action=edit&redlink=1" target="_blank">/w/index.php?title=Kaveh_Waddell&action=edit&redlink=1</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Updates". Google Noto Fonts. <a href="https://www.google.com/get/noto/updates/" target="_blank">https://www.google.com/get/noto/updates/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18252". Microsoft. 2018-10-03. <a href="https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2018/10/03/announcing-windows-10-insider-preview-build-18252" target="_blank">https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2018/10/03/announcing-windows-10-insider-preview-build-18252</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>