Brahmi (Unicode block)

{{Infobox Unicode block

|blockname = Brahmi

|rangestart = 11000

|rangeend = 1107F

|script1 = Brahmi

|6_0 = 108

|7_0 = 1

|14_0 = 6

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{{Contains special characters

| special = uncommon Unicode characters

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Brahmi is a Unicode block containing characters written in India from the 3rd century BCE through the first millennium CE. It is the predecessor to all modern Indic scripts.

{{Unicode chart Brahmi}}

History

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

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Version{{nobr|Final code points}}CountL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
rowspan="26" | 6.0rowspan="26" | U+11000..1104D, 11052..1106Frowspan="26" | 108{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L1998/98032.pdf L2/98-032]}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20200215052615/http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n1685.htm N1685]{{Citation|title=Proposal to encode Brahmi in Plane 1 of ISO/IEC 10646|date=1998-01-18|first=Michael|last=Everson|author-link=Michael Everson}}
{{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=8.19}}
{{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/L2002/02397-baums-brahmi.pdf L2/02-397]}}{{Citation|title=Note for the UTC on the encoding of Brahmi in Unicode|date=2002-11-02|first1=Stefan|last1=Baums|first2=Andrew|last2=Glass}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2003/03249r-brahmi-proposal.pdf L2/03-249R]}}{{Citation|title=Proposal for the Encoding of Brahmi in Plane 1 of ISO/IEC 10646|date=2003-07-27|first1=Stefan|last1=Baums|first2=Andrew|last2=Glass}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2008/08277r-n3490r-brahmi.pdf L2/08-277R]}}[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3490.pdf N3490R]{{Citation|title=Progressing the encoding of Brahmi in the SMP of the UCS|date=2007-08-14|first1=Michael|last1=Everson|first2=Andrew|last2=Glass|first3=Stefan|last3=Baums}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2007/07342-brahmi.pdf L2/07-342]}}[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3491.pdf N3491]{{Citation|title=Proposal for the encoding of Brāhmī in Plane 1 of ISO/IEC 10646|date=2007-10-09|first1=Stefan|last1=Baums|first2=Andrew|last2=Glass}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2007/07406-brahmi-note.txt L2/07-406]}}{{Citation|title=Scripts on Roadmap covered by Brahmi encoding (L2/07-342)|date=2007-10-31|first1=Andrew|last1=Glass|first2=Stefan|last2=Baums}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2008/08253.htm L2/08-253R2]}}{{Citation|title=UTC #116 Minutes|date=2008-08-19|first=Lisa|last=Moore|section=Brahmi (B.15.1, C.3.1)}}
{{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=M53.22}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2012/12020-jihva-upadh-special-cases.pdf L2/12-020]}}{{Citation|title=Special rendering of some jihvamuliya/upadhmaniya characters|date=2012-01-12|first=Shriramana|last=Sharma}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2012/12031-south-asian-rept.pdf L2/12-031]}}{{Citation|title=Review of Indic-related L2 documents and Recommendations to the UTC|date=2012-01-27|first1=Deborah|last1=Anderson|first2=Rick|last2=McGowan|first3=Ken|last3=Whistler|section=III. BRAHMI}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2012/12007.htm L2/12-007]}}{{Citation|title=UTC #130 / L2 #227 Minutes|date=2012-02-14|first=Lisa|last=Moore|section=Consensus 130-C11|quote=The UTC has determined that a virama should not be used in Sharada sequences involving Jihvamuliya and Upadhmaniya.}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2012/12106-ed-updates.pdf L2/12-106]}}{{Citation|title=Request for editorial updates to various Indic scripts|date=2012-03-17|first=Shriramana|last=Sharma|section=5. Brahmi}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2012/12147-script-rept.pdf L2/12-147]}}{{Citation|title=Review of Indic-related L2 documents and Recommendations to the UTC|date=2012-04-25|first1=Deborah|last1=Anderson|first2=Rick|last2=McGowan|first3=Ken|last3=Whistler|section=V. BRAHMI}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2012/12239.htm L2/12-239]}}{{Citation|title=UTC #132 Minutes|date=2012-08-14|first=Lisa|last=Moore|section=Consensus 132-C16|quote=Create a glyph erratum for Brahmi Letter LLLA based on the image in document L2/12-292.}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2014/14066-brahmi-kannada.txt L2/14-066]}}{{Citation|title=Representation of the Brahmi and Kannada Jihvamuliya/Upadhmaniya Characters in the Code Charts|date=2014-02-07|first=Shriramana|last=Sharma}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16343-brahmi-vs-glyphs.pdf L2/16-343]}}{{Citation|title=Request to change the glyphs of Brahmi vowel signs Vocalic R and Vocalic RR|date=2016-11-05|first1=Srinidhi|last1=A|first2=Sridatta|last2=A}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16321r-brahmi-11008-glyph.pdf L2/16-321R]}}{{Citation|title=Request to change the glyph of 11008 BRAHMI LETTER II|date=2016-12-23|first1=Srinidhi|last1=A|first2=Sridatta|last2=A}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17037-script-ad-hoc.pdf L2/17-037]}}{{Citation|title=Recommendations to UTC #150 January 2017 on Script Proposals|date=2017-01-21|first1=Deborah|last1=Anderson|first2=Ken|last2=Whistler|first3=Roozbeh|last3=Pournader|first4=Andrew|last4=Glass|first5=Laurențiu|last5=Iancu|first6=Lisa|last6=Moore|first7=Hai|last7=Liang|first8=Richard|last8=Ishida|first9=Karan|last9=Misra|first10=Rick|last10=McGowan|section=3. Brahmi}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17016.htm L2/17-016]}}{{Citation|title=UTC #150 Minutes|date=2017-02-08|first=Lisa|last=Moore|section=Consensus 150-C11, Action item 150-A64}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17224-pubrev.html L2/17-224]}}{{Citation|title=Comments on Public Review Issues (May 01 - July 25, 2017)|date=2017-07-25|first=Rick|last=McGowan|section=Dotted box for Brahmi/Kannada fricative characters}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17426-brahmi-30-40-glyph-chg.pdf L2/17-426]}}{{Citation|title=Request to change the glyphs of THIRTY and FORTY of Brahmi|date=2017-12-08|first1=Srinidhi|last1=A|first2=Sridatta|last2=A}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2018/18039-script-adhoc-rec.pdf L2/18-039]}}{{Citation|title=Recommendations to UTC #154 January 2018 on Script Proposals|date=2018-01-19|first1=Deborah|last1=Anderson|first2=Ken|last2=Whistler|first3=Roozbeh|last3=Pournader|first4=Lisa|last4=Moore|first5=Hai|last5=Liang|first6=Richard|last6=Cook|section=8. Brahmi}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17362.htm L2/17-362]}}{{Citation|title=UTC #153 Minutes|date=2018-02-02|first=Lisa|last=Moore|section=153-A92}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2018/18115.htm L2/18-115]}}{{Citation|title=UTC #155 Minutes|date=2018-05-09|first=Lisa|last=Moore|section=Action item 154-A103|quote=Create a glyph erratum for U+1105D and U+1105E.}}
rowspan="6" | 7.0rowspan="6" | U+1107Frowspan="6" | 1{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2010/10340-brahmi-num-cmt.pdf L2/10-340]}}{{Citation|title=Using ZWJ in the encoded representation of Brahmi numbers|date=2010-09-14|first=Shriramana|last=Sharma}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2010/10440-south-asia.pdf L2/10-440]}}{{Citation|title=Review of Indic-related L2 documents and Recommendations to the UTC|date=2010-10-27|first1=Deborah|last1=Anderson|first2=Rick|last2=McGowan|first3=Ken|last3=Whistler|section=3. Brahmi Numbers}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2010/10416.htm L2/10-416R]}}{{Citation|title=UTC #125 / L2 #222 Minutes|date=2010-11-09|first=Lisa|last=Moore|section=Action item 125-A20|quote=Create an alternate proposal for Brahmi numbers. }}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2011/11357r-brahmi-num-joiner.pdf L2/11-357R]}}[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4166.pdf N4166]{{Citation|title=Proposal to encode 1107F Brahmi Number Joiner|date=2011-11-02|first1=Andrew|last1=Glass|first2=Shriramana|last2=Sharma}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2011/11353.htm L2/11-353]}}{{Citation|title=UTC #129 / L2 #226 Minutes|date=2011-11-30|first=Lisa|last=Moore|section=D.8}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4253.pdf N4253 (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4253.doc doc]){{Citation|title=Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 59|date=2012-09-12|section=M59.16d}}
rowspan="6" | 14.0rowspan="6" | U+11070..11075rowspan="6" | 6{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2019/19402-brahmi-adds.pdf L2/19-402]}}{{Citation|title=Proposal to Encode 6 Characters in the Brahmi Block|date=2019-12-18|first1=Vinodh|last1=Rajan|first2=Shriramana|last2=Sharma}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2020/20046-script-adhoc-rept.pdf L2/20-046]}}{{Citation|title=Recommendations to UTC #162 January 2020 on Script Proposals|date=2020-01-10|first1=Deborah|last1=Anderson|first2=Ken|last2=Whistler|first3=Roozbeh|last3=Pournader|first4=Lisa|last4=Moore|first5=Hai|last5=Liang|section=7. Brahmi}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2020/20015.htm L2/20-015R]}}{{Citation|title=Draft Minutes of UTC Meeting 162|date=2020-05-14|first=Lisa|last=Moore|section=D.3 Proposal to Encode 6 Characters in the Brahmi Block}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2020/20129-tamil-brahmi-virama.pdf L2/20-129]}}{{Citation|title=Comments on L2/20-069: Encoding of Tamil Brahmi Virama (U+11070)|date=2020-06-01|first=Naga|last=Ganesan}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2020/20169-script-adhoc-rept.pdf L2/20-169]}}{{Citation|title=Recommendations to UTC #164 July 2020 on Script Proposals|date=2020-07-21|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=10. Brahmi}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2020/20172.htm L2/20-172]}}{{Citation|title=UTC #164 Minutes|date=2020-08-03|first=Lisa|last=Moore|section=Consensus 164-C13}}
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