Ahom (Unicode block)
{{Infobox Unicode block
|blockname = Ahom
|rangestart = 11700
|rangeend = 1174F
|script1 = Ahom
|alphabets = Ahom
|8_0 = 57
|11_0 = 1
|14_0 = 7
|note = The Ahom block was expanded by 16 code points in Unicode 14.0.{{cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/ucd/|title=Unicode character database|work=The Unicode Standard|accessdate=2023-07-26}}{{cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/versions/enumeratedversions.html|title=Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard|work=The Unicode Standard|accessdate=2023-07-26}}
}}
Ahom is a Unicode block containing characters used for writing the Ahom alphabet, which was used to write the Ahom language spoken by the Ahom people in Assam between the 13th and the 18th centuries.{{cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2012/12309r-n4321r.pdf | title=N4321R: Revised Proposal to add the Ahom Script in the SMP of the UCS | first1 = Martin | last1 = Hosken | first2 = Stephen | last2 = Morey | publisher=Working Group Document, ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2 | date=2012-10-23 }}
The block size was expanded by 16 code points in Unicode version 14.0 (version 13: {{mono|1173F}} → version 14: {{mono|1174F}}), and 7 more characters were defined.{{cite web |title=BETA Unicode 14.0.0 |url=https://www.unicode.org/versions/beta-14.0.0.html |website=The Unicode Standard |access-date=17 September 2022}} This was the first block to expanded since Unicode version 1.1.
{{Unicode chart Ahom}}
History
The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Ahom block:
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Version | {{nobr|Final code points}} | Count | L2 ID | WG2 ID | Document |
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rowspan="7" | 8.0 | rowspan="7" width="180" | U+11700..11719, 1171D..1172B, 11730..1173F | rowspan="7" | 57 | {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2010/10359-n3928-ahom.pdf L2/10-359]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3928.pdf N3928] | {{Citation|title=Preliminary Proposal to add the Ahom Script in the SMP of the UCS|date=2010-09-17|first1=Martin|last1=Hosken|first2=Stephen|last2=Morey}} |
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2012/12222-ahom.pdf L2/12-222]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4290.pdf N4290] | {{Citation|title=Proposal to add the Ahom Script in the SMP of the UCS|date=2012-07-02|first1=Martin|last1=Hosken|first2=Stephen|last2=Morey}} | |||
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2012/12267-indic-review.pdf L2/12-267]}} | {{Citation|title=Review of Indic-related documents and Recommendations to the UTC|date=2012-07-21|first1=Deborah|last1=Anderson|first2=Rick|last2=McGowan|first3=Ken|last3=Whistler|section=V. AHOM}} | ||||
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2012/12309r-n4321r.pdf L2/12-309R]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4321.pdf N4321R] | {{Citation|title=Revised Proposal to add the Ahom Script in the SMP of the UCS|date=2012-10-23|first=Martin|last=Hosken}} | |||
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/consortium/utc-minutes/UTC-133-2012011.html L2/12-343R2]}} | {{Citation|title=UTC #133 Minutes|date=2012-12-04|first=Lisa|last=Moore|section=Consensus 133-C16}} | ||||
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4353.pdf N4353 (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4353.doc doc]) | {{Citation|title=Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 60|date=2013-05-23|section=M60.09}} | ||||
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2021/21123.htm L2/21-123]}} | {{Citation|title=Draft Minutes of UTC Meeting 168|date=2021-08-03|first=Craig|last=Cummings|section=Consensus 168-C3|quote=Remove the assignment of GCB=SpacingMark for U+11720..U+11721 AHOM VOWEL SIGN A and AA, letting them default to GCB=Other, for Unicode version 14.0.}} | ||||
rowspan="2" | 11.0 | rowspan="2" | U+1171A | rowspan="2" | 1 | {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2015/15272-ahom-extra.pdf L2/15-272]}} | {{Citation|title=Proposal to add one extra character to the Ahom Block|date=2015-10-26|first1=Martin|last1=Hosken|first2=Stephen|last2=Morey}} | |
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2015/15254.htm L2/15-254]}} | {{Citation|title=UTC #145 Minutes|date=2015-11-16|first=Lisa|last=Moore|section=D.13}} | ||||
rowspan="3" | 14.0 | rowspan="3" | U+11740..11746 | rowspan="3" | 7 | {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2020/20258-add-tai-ahom.pdf L2/20-258]}} | {{Citation|title=Proposal to encode additional signs for the Tai Ahom script|date=2020-09-29|first=Stephen|last=Morey}} | |
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2020/20250-script-adhoc-rept.pdf L2/20-250]}} | {{Citation|title=Recommendations to UTC #165 October 2020 on Script Proposals|date=2020-10-01|first1=Deborah|last1=Anderson|first2=Ken|last2=Whistler|first3=Roozbeh|last3=Pournader|first4=Lisa|last4=Moore|first5=Peter|last5=Constable|first6=Hai|last6=Liang|section=9. Ahom}} | ||||
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2020/20237.htm L2/20-237]}} | {{Citation|title=UTC #165 Minutes|date=2020-10-27|first=Lisa|last=Moore|section=Consensus 165-C17}} | ||||
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