Marchen (Unicode 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.[3] In modern Bon usage, Marchen is also used to write Tibetan.

Marchen[1][2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
 0123456789ABCDEF
U+11C7x 𑱰 𑱱 𑱲 𑱳 𑱴 𑱵 𑱶 𑱷 𑱸 𑱹 𑱺 𑱻 𑱼 𑱽 𑱾 𑱿
U+11C8x 𑲀 𑲁 𑲂 𑲃 𑲄 𑲅 𑲆 𑲇 𑲈 𑲉 𑲊 𑲋 𑲌 𑲍 𑲎 𑲏
U+11C9x 𑲒 𑲓 𑲔 𑲕 𑲖 𑲗 𑲘 𑲙 𑲚 𑲛 𑲜 𑲝 𑲞 𑲟
U+11CAx 𑲠 𑲡 𑲢 𑲣 𑲤 𑲥 𑲦 𑲧 𑲩 𑲪 𑲫 𑲬 𑲭 𑲮 𑲯
U+11CBx 𑲰 𑲱 𑲲 𑲳 𑲴 𑲵 𑲶
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 13.0
2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points
Marchen
RangeU+11C70..U+11CBF
(80 code points)
PlaneSMP
ScriptsMarchen
Assigned68 code points
Unused12 reserved code points
Unicode version history
9.068 (+68)
Note: [1][2]

History

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

VersionFinal code points[lower-alpha 1]CountL2 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.
  1. Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

References
  1. "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
  2. "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
  3. West, Andrew (2013-10-22). "N4491: Final proposal to encode the Marchen script in the SMP of the UCS" (PDF).
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