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Marchen (Unicode block)
Unicode character block

Marchen is a Unicode block containing characters from the Marchen alphabet, which has been used to write the extinct Zhang-Zhung language of the Zhang-zhung culture of Tibet. In modern Bon usage, Marchen is also used to write Tibetan.

Marchen[1][2]Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
 0123456789ABCDEF
U+11C7x𑱰‎𑱱‎𑱲‎𑱳‎𑱴‎𑱵‎𑱶‎𑱷‎𑱸‎𑱹‎𑱺‎𑱻‎𑱼‎𑱽‎𑱾‎𑱿‎
U+11C8x𑲀‎𑲁‎𑲂‎𑲃‎𑲄‎𑲅‎𑲆‎𑲇‎𑲈‎𑲉‎𑲊‎𑲋‎𑲌‎𑲍‎𑲎‎𑲏‎
U+11C9x𑲒‎𑲓‎𑲔‎𑲕‎𑲖‎𑲗‎𑲘‎𑲙‎𑲚‎𑲛‎𑲜‎𑲝‎𑲞‎𑲟‎
U+11CAx𑲠‎𑲡‎𑲢‎𑲣‎𑲤‎𑲥‎𑲦‎𑲧‎𑲩‎𑲪‎𑲫‎𑲬‎𑲭‎𑲮‎𑲯‎
U+11CBx𑲰‎𑲱‎𑲲‎𑲳‎𑲴‎𑲵‎𑲶‎
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 Marchen block:

VersionFinal code points2CountL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
9.0U+11C70..11C8F, 11C92..11CA7, 11CA9..11CB668L2/11-140N4032West, Andrew (2011-04-30), Proposal to encode the Marchen script in the SMP of the UCS
L2/13-197N4491West, Andrew (2013-10-22), Final proposal to encode the Marchen script in the SMP of the UCS
N4403 (pdf, doc)Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2014-01-28), "10.3.16 Marchen script", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 61, Holiday Inn, Vilnius, Lithuania; 2013-06-10/14
L2/14-026Moore, Lisa (2014-02-17), "D.13", UTC #138 Minutes
N4553 (pdf, doc)Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2014-09-16), "M62.10", Minutes of WG 2 meeting 62 Adobe, San Jose, CA, USA
L2/15-017Moore, Lisa (2015-02-12), "Consensus 142-C16", UTC #142 Minutes, Rescind approval of U+11CA8 MARCHEN SUBJOINED LETTER -A.

References

  1. West, Andrew (2013-10-22). "N4491: Final proposal to encode the Marchen script in the SMP of the UCS" (PDF). /wiki/Andrew_West_(linguist)

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