Batak (Unicode block)

{{Infobox Unicode block

|blockname = Batak

|rangestart = 1BC0

|rangeend = 1BFF

|script1 = Batak

|alphabets = Karo
Mandailing
Pakpak
Simalungun
Toba

|6_0 = 56

|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}}

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Batak is a Unicode block containing characters for writing the Batak dialects of Karo, Mandailing, Pakpak, Simalungun, and Toba.{{Cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2008/08011r-n3320r-batak.pdf|title=Proposal for encoding the Batak script in the UCS|date=2008-10-07|first1=Michael|last1=Everson|first2=Uli|last2=Kozok}}

{{Unicode chart Batak}}

History

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

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Version{{nobr|Final code points}}CountL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
rowspan="10" | 6.0rowspan="10" | U+1BC0..1BF3, 1BFC..1BFFrowspan="10" | 56{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L1999/batak.pdf L2/99-066]}}{{Citation|title=Batak script [preliminary chart]|date=1999-02-11|first=Michael|last=Everson|author-link=Michael Everson}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2007/07233r-n3293r-batak.pdf L2/07-233R]}}[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3293.pdf N3293R]{{Citation|title=Preliminary proposal for encoding the Batak script in the UCS|date=2007-07-26|first=Michael|last=Everson}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2008/08147-batak-disc.pdf L2/08-147]}}[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3446.pdf N3446]{{Citation|title=Discussion of Batak Vowel Ordering|date=2008-04-14|first1=Rick|last1=McGowan|first2=Ken|last2=Whistler}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2008/08274-n3489-batak.pdf L2/08-274]}}[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3489.pdf N3489]{{Citation|title=On the inputting model for Batak|date=2008-08-04|first1=Michael|last1=Everson|first2=Uli|last2=Kozok}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2008/08312-batak-input.pdf L2/08-312]}}{{Citation|title=Batak Input|date=2008-08-11|first=Deborah|last=Anderson}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2008/08011r-n3320r-batak.pdf L2/08-011R]}}[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3320.pdf N3320R]{{Citation|title=Proposal for encoding the Batak script in the UCS|date=2008-10-07|first1=Michael|last1=Everson|first2=Uli|last2=Kozok}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2008/08412-n3553.pdf L2/08-412]}}{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3553.pdf N3553 (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3553.doc doc]){{Citation|title=Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 53|date=2008-11-05|first=V. S.|last=Umamaheswaran|section=M53.21}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2009/09063-batak-dialect.pdf L2/09-063]}}{{Citation|title=Dialect‐Specific Characters in Batak (Batak proposal: L2/08‐011 WG2 N3320R)|date=2009-01-29|first=Deborah|last=Anderson}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2009/09104.htm L2/09-104]}}{{Citation|title=UTC #119 / L2 #216 Minutes|date=2009-05-20|first=Lisa|last=Moore|section=Consensus 119-C23}}
[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4103.pdf N4103]{{Citation|title=Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 58|date=2012-01-03|section=Resolution: M58.02}}
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