Avestan (Unicode block)
{{Infobox Unicode block
|blockname = Avestan
|rangestart = 10B00
|rangeend = 10B3F
|script1 = Avestan
|alphabets = Pazand
|5_2 = 61
|note = {{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}}
}}
Avestan is a Unicode block containing characters devised for recording the Zoroastrian religious texts, Avesta, and was used to write the Middle Persian, or Pazand language.
{{Unicode chart Avestan}}
History
The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Avestan block:
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| Version | {{nobr|Final code points}} | Count | L2 ID | WG2 ID | Document |
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| rowspan="18" | 5.2 | rowspan="18" | U+10B00..10B35, 10B39..10B3F | rowspan="18" | 61 | {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L1998/98031.pdf L2/98-031]}} | [https://web.archive.org/web/20200215052615/http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n1684.htm N1684] | {{Citation|title=Proposal to encode Avestan in the BMP of ISO/IEC 10646|date=1998-01-18|first=Michael|last=Everson|author-link=Michael Everson}} |
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L1998/98070.pdf L2/98-070]}} | {{Citation|title=Minutes of the joint UTC and L2 meeting from the meeting in Cupertino, February 25-27, 1998|first1=Joan|last1=Aliprand|first2=Arnold|last2=Winkler|section=3.A.3. item a. Avestan}} | ||||
| {{nobr|L2/98-286}} | [https://web.archive.org/web/20200215052615/http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n1703w97.doc N1703] | {{Citation|title=Unconfirmed Meeting Minutes, WG 2 Meeting #34, Redmond, WA, USA; 1998-03-16--20|date=1998-07-02|first1=V. S.|last1=Umamaheswaran|first2=Mike|last2=Ksar|section=8.9.4}} | |||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2000/00128-pastscripts.pdf L2/00-128]}} | {{Citation|title=Scripts from the Past in Future Versions of Unicode|date=2000-03-01|first=Carl-Martin|last=Bunz}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2001/01007-iran.txt L2/01-007]}} | {{Citation|title=Iranianist Meeting Report: Symposium on Encoding Iranian Scripts in Unicode|date=2000-12-21|first=Carl-Martin|last=Bunz|section=Avestan}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2002/02009-iranian.pdf L2/02-009]}} | {{Citation|title=2nd Iranian Meeting Report|date=2001-11-23|first=Carl-Martin|last=Bunz|section=Avestan and Pahlavi scripts}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2002/02450-avestan-bg.pdf L2/02-450]}} | {{Citation|title=3rd Iranian Unicode Conference: Conference material (29-11-2002)|date=2002-11-29|first=Jost|last=Gippert|author-link=Jost Gippert}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2002/02449-n2556-avestan.pdf L2/02-449]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2556.pdf N2556] | {{Citation|title=Revised proposal to encode the Avestan and Pahlavi script in the UCS|date=2002-12-04|first=Michael|last=Everson}} | |||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2006/06335-n3178-avestan.pdf L2/06-335]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3178.pdf N3178] | {{Citation|title=Proposal to encode the Avestan script in the BMP of the UCS|date=2006-10-20|first1=Michael|last1=Everson|first2=Roozbeh|last2=Pournader}} | |||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2006/06375-avestan.txt L2/06-375]}} | {{Citation|title=Note from Jost Gippert to Deborah Anderson in support of Avestan|date=2006-11-06|first=Jost|last=Gippert}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2007/07004-n3193-medieval-punct.pdf L2/07-004]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3193.pdf N3193] | {{Citation|title=Proposal to add Medievalist and Iranianist punctuation characters to the UCS|date=2007-01-09|first1=Michael|last1=Everson|first2=Peter|last2=Baker|first3=Marcus|last3=Dohnicht|first4=António|last4=Emiliano|first5=Odd Einar|last5=Haugen|author-link5=Odd Einar Haugen|first6=Susana|last6=Pedro|first7=David J.|last7=Perry|first8=Roozbeh|last8=Pournader}} | |||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2007/07015.htm L2/07-015]}} | {{Citation|title=UTC #110 Minutes|date=2007-02-08|first=Lisa|last=Moore|section=Consensus 110-C30}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2007/07006r-n3197r-avestan.pdf L2/07-006R]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3197.pdf N3197R] | {{Citation|title=Revised proposal to encode the Avestan script in the SMP of the UCS|date=2007-03-22|first1=Michael|last1=Everson|first2=Roozbeh|last2=Pournader}} | |||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2007/07268-n3253.pdf L2/07-268]}} | {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3253.pdf N3253 (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3253.doc doc]) | {{Citation|title=Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 50, Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany; 2007-04-24/27|date=2007-07-26|first=V. S.|last=Umamaheswaran|section=M50.35}} | |||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2007/07304-n3336.pdf L2/07-304]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3336.pdf N3336] | {{Citation|title=Comments on the Avestan Separation Point|date=2007-09-13|first=Deborah|last=Anderson}} | |||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2008/08088-avestan-dot.pdf L2/08-088]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3443.pdf N3443] | {{Citation|title=Additional Comments on the Avestan Separation Point|date=2008-01-28|first=Deborah|last=Anderson}} | |||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2008/08173-n3444.pdf L2/08-173]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3444.pdf N3444] | {{Citation|title=Expert Feedback on AVESTAN SEPARATION POINT|date=2008-04-13|first=Deborah|last=Anderson}} | |||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2008/08155-n3444-avestan.pdf L2/08-155]}} | {{Citation|title=Expert Feedback on Avestan Separation Point by Profs. Skjaervo, Jamison, and Watkins|date=2008-04-14|first=Deborah|last=Anderson}} | ||||
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References
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