Adlam is a Unicode block containing characters from the Adlam script, an alphabetic script devised during the late 1980s for writing the Fula language in Guinea, Nigeria, Liberia, and other nearby countries.[which?]
History
In June 2016, Adlam was added to the Unicode Standard with the release of version 9.0.1
In October 2017, Google released a Noto font that supports the block, Noto Sans Adlam, although it did not handle prenasalized consonants properly.2
On 3 October 2018, Microsoft released an updated Ebrima font to support Adlam alphabet to Windows Insiders as part of the Windows 10 version 1903 feature update, starting from build 18252.3
Characters
| Adlam[1][2]Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF) | ||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F | |
| U+1E90x | 𞤀 | 𞤁 | 𞤂 | 𞤃 | 𞤄 | 𞤅 | 𞤆 | 𞤇 | 𞤈 | 𞤉 | 𞤊 | 𞤋 | 𞤌 | 𞤍 | 𞤎 | 𞤏 |
| U+1E91x | 𞤐 | 𞤑 | 𞤒 | 𞤓 | 𞤔 | 𞤕 | 𞤖 | 𞤗 | 𞤘 | 𞤙 | 𞤚 | 𞤛 | 𞤜 | 𞤝 | 𞤞 | 𞤟 |
| U+1E92x | 𞤠 | 𞤡 | 𞤢 | 𞤣 | 𞤤 | 𞤥 | 𞤦 | 𞤧 | 𞤨 | 𞤩 | 𞤪 | 𞤫 | 𞤬 | 𞤭 | 𞤮 | 𞤯 |
| U+1E93x | 𞤰 | 𞤱 | 𞤲 | 𞤳 | 𞤴 | 𞤵 | 𞤶 | 𞤷 | 𞤸 | 𞤹 | 𞤺 | 𞤻 | 𞤼 | 𞤽 | 𞤾 | 𞤿 |
| U+1E94x | 𞥀 | 𞥁 | 𞥂 | 𞥃 | 𞥄 | 𞥅 | 𞥆 | 𞥇 | 𞥈 | 𞥉 | 𞥊 | 𞥋 | ||||
| U+1E95x | 𞥐 | 𞥑 | 𞥒 | 𞥓 | 𞥔 | 𞥕 | 𞥖 | 𞥗 | 𞥘 | 𞥙 | 𞥞 | 𞥟 | ||||
| Notes1.^ As of Unicode version 16.02.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points | ||||||||||||||||
History
The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Adlam block:
| Version | Final code points4 | Count | L2 ID | WG2 ID | Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.0 | U+1E900..1E94A, 1E950..1E959, 1E95E..1E95F | 87 | L2/13-191 | N4488 | Everson, Michael (2013-10-28), Preliminary proposal to encode the Adlam script in the SMP of the UCS |
| L2/13-210 | Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; McGowan, Rick; Pournader, Roozbeh (2013-10-31), "2", Recommendations to UTC #137 November 2013 on Script Proposals | ||||
| L2/14-219R | N4628 | Everson, Michael (2014-09-23), Proposal for encoding the Adlam script in the SMP of the UCS | |||
| L2/14-268R | Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; McGowan, Rick; Pournader, Roozbeh; Iancu, Laurențiu; Glass, Andrew; Constable, Peter; Suignard, Michel (2014-10-27), "9. Adlam", Recommendations to UTC #141 October 2014 on Script Proposals | ||||
| L2/14-250 | Moore, Lisa (2014-11-10), "Consensus 141-C20", UTC #141 Minutes, 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. | ||||
| L2/16-052 | N4603 (pdf, doc) | Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2015-09-01), "10.2.6", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 63 | |||
| L2/19-070 | Patel, Neil; Jamra, Mark (2019-01-19), Replacement of Adlam Reference Font in Codesheet to Updated Design | ||||
| L2/19-119R | N5076 | Patel, Neil; Jamra, Mark; Cornelius, Craig; Barry, Ibrahima; Barry, Abdoulaye (2019-04-19), Replacement of Adlam Reference Font in Codesheet to Updated Design | |||
| L2/19-173 | Anderson, Deborah; et al. (2019-04-29), "5. Adlam", Recommendations to UTC #159 April-May 2019 on Script Proposals | ||||
| L2/19-122 | Moore, Lisa (2019-05-08), "C.14", UTC #159 Minutes | ||||
| 12.0 | U+1E94B | 1 | L2/18-282 | Barry, Abdoulaye; Barry, Ibrahima; Constable, Peter; Glass, Andrew (2018-08-26), Proposal to encode ADLAM LETTER APOSTROPHE for ADLaM script | |
| L2/18-274 | McGowan, Rick (2018-09-14), "Feedback on an Encoding Proposal L2/18-282", Comments on Public Review Issues (July 24 - Sept 14, 2018) | ||||
| L2/18-300 | Anderson, Deborah; et al. (2018-09-14), "3. Adlam", Recommendations to UTC #157 on Script Proposals | ||||
| L2/18-282R | N5022 | Barry, Abdoulaye; Barry, Ibrahima; Constable, Peter; Glass, Andrew (2018-11-17), Proposal to encode ADLAMNASALIZATION MARKfor ADLaM script | |||
| L2/18-272 | Moore, Lisa (2018-10-29), "C.7", UTC #157 Minutes | ||||
See also
References
Waddell, Kaveh (2016-11-16). "The Alphabet That Will Save a People From Disappearing". The Atlantic. /w/index.php?title=Kaveh_Waddell&action=edit&redlink=1 ↩
"Updates". Google Noto Fonts. https://www.google.com/get/noto/updates/ ↩
"Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18252". Microsoft. 2018-10-03. https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2018/10/03/announcing-windows-10-insider-preview-build-18252 ↩
Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names ↩