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Bassa Vah (Unicode block)
Unicode character block

Bassa Vah is a Unicode block containing characters of the Bassa Vah alphabet which were historically used for writing the Bassa language of Liberia and Sierra Leone.

Bassa Vah[1][2]Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
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U+16ADx𖫐𖫑𖫒𖫓𖫔𖫕𖫖𖫗𖫘𖫙𖫚𖫛𖫜𖫝𖫞𖫟
U+16AEx𖫠𖫡𖫢𖫣𖫤𖫥𖫦𖫧𖫨𖫩𖫪𖫫𖫬𖫭
U+16AFx𖫰𖫱𖫲𖫳𖫴𖫵
Notes1.^ As of Unicode version 16.02.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points
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History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Bassa Vah block:

VersionFinal code points2CountL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
7.0U+16AD0..16AED, 16AF0..16AF536L2/09-327Riley, Charles (2009-03-20), Encoding of the Bassa Vah script in the UCS
L2/10-030N3760Everson, Michael (2010-01-26), Preliminary proposal for encoding the Bassa Vah script in the SMP of the UCS
L2/10-170N3839Everson, Michael; Riley, Charles (2010-05-08), Proposal for encoding the Bassa Vah script in the SMP of the UCS
L2/10-217N3847Everson, Michael (2010-07-31), Revised proposal for encoding the Bassa Vah script in the SMP of the UCS
L2/10-382RN3941REverson, Michael (2010-10-06), Final proposal for encoding the Bassa Vah script in the SMP of the UCS
L2/10-416RMoore, Lisa (2010-11-09), "Consensus 125-C23", UTC #125 / L2 #222 Minutes
L2/11-041RN3991Riley, Charles (2011-02-14), Bassa Vah Comma
L2/11-016Moore, Lisa (2011-02-15), "Bassa Vah Comma (C.17)", UTC #126 / L2 #223 Minutes
N3903 (pdf, doc)"M57.15", Unconfirmed minutes of WG2 meeting 57, 2011-03-31
L2/11-261R2Moore, Lisa (2011-08-16), "Consensus 128-C28", UTC #128 / L2 #225 Minutes, Approve the revised codepoint for U+16AF5 BASSA VAH FULL STOP.
N4103"T.5. Bassa Vah", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 58, 2012-01-03

References

  1. Everson, Michael; Riley, Charles (2010-10-06). "N3941R: Final proposal for encoding the Bassa Vah script in the SMP of the UCS" (PDF). Working Group Document, ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2. https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2010/10382r-n3941r-bassavah.pdf

  2. Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names