Devanagari Extended

{{also|Devanagari (Unicode block)|Devanagari Extended-A|l2=Devanagari Extended-A (Unicode block)|Vedic Extensions|l3=Vedic Extensions (Unicode block)}}

{{Infobox Unicode block

|rangestart = A8E0

|rangeend = A8FF

|script1 = Devanagari

|symbols = Samaveda cantillation marks
nasalization marks

|5_2 = 28

|8_0 = 2

|11_0 = 2

|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}}

}}

Devanagari Extended is a Unicode block containing cantillation marks for writing the Samaveda, and nasalization marks for the Devanagari script.

Block

{{Unicode chart Devanagari Extended}}

History

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

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Version{{nobr|Final code points}}CountL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
rowspan="50" | 5.2rowspan="50" | U+A8E0..A8FBrowspan="50" | 28{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2000/00144-vedic.pdf L2/00-144]}}{{Citation|title=Vedic Accents (untitled, undated early draft)|date=2000-04-22|first=Michael|last=Everson|author-link=Michael Everson}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2000/00178-vedic-accents.pdf L2/00-178]}}{{Citation|title=Encoding Vedic Accents|date=2000-04-22|first=Michael|last=Everson}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2000/00155.htm L2/00-155]}}{{Citation|title=Comments on Encoding Vedic Accents Proposal|date=2000-05-31|first=Lisa|last=Moore}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2003/03066-vedic-form.pdf L2/03-066]}}{{Citation|title=New Proposal for Vedic Characters and Symbols|date=2003-02-26}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2003/03067-vedic-proposal.pdf L2/03-067]}}{{Citation|title=Vedic Code Set; a draft|date=2003-02-27|first=R. K.|last=Joshi|author-link=R K Joshi}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2003/03102-indic-ov.pdf L2/03-102]}}{{Citation|title=Unicode Standard for Indic Scripts|date=2003-03-04|first=Om|last=Vikas}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2003/03101-indic-dir/Devanagari.pdf L2/03-101.2]}}{{Citation|title=Proposed Changes in Indic Scripts [Devanagari document]|date=2003-03-04}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2004/04398-indic-changes.pdf L2/04-398]}}{{Citation|title=Proposal to encode Vedic accents, etc.|date=2004-11-12}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2005/05063-vikas.pdf L2/05-063]}}{{Citation|title=Issues in Representation of Indic Scripts in Unicode|date=2005-02-07|first=Om|last=Vikas|section=Awaiting Updates-Devanagari}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2005/05070-indic-adhoc.txt L2/05-070]}}{{Citation|title=Indic ad hoc report|date=2005-02-09|first=Rick|last=McGowan}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2005/05026.htm L2/05-026]}}{{Citation|title=UTC #102 Minutes|date=2005-05-16|first=Lisa|last=Moore|section=Scripts - Indic (C.12)}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2005/05228-vedic.txt L2/05-228]}}{{Citation|title=Analysis of a TDIL proposal for Vedic|date=2005-08-11|first=Eric|last=Muller}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2006/06185-vedic.pdf L2/06-185]}}{{Citation|title=Proposal for Encoding of Vedic Characters & Symbols in Unicode|date=2006-05-10}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2006/06384-dharmadhikari-letter.pdf L2/06-384]}}{{Citation|title=Letter from T. N. Dharmadhikari in support of Vedic repertoire|date=2006-10-25|first=Swaran|last=Lata}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2007/07060-vedic-report.pdf L2/07-060]}}{{Citation|title=Vedic Unicode Workshop Report|date=2007-02-02|first=Peter|last=Scharf}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2007/07095r-n3235r-vedic.pdf L2/07-095R]}}[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3235.pdf N3235R]{{Citation|title=Proposal to encode characters for Vedic Sanskrit in the BMP of the UCS|date=2007-04-13|first1=Michael|last1=Everson|first2=Peter|last2=Scharf|first3=Michel|last3=Angot|first4=R.|last4=Chandrashekar|first5=Malcolm|last5=Hyman|first6=Susan|last6=Rosenfield|first7=B. V. Venkatakrishna|last7=Sastry|first8=Michael|last8=Witzel|author-link8=Michael Witzel}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2007/07230-n3290-vedic.pdf L2/07-230]}}[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3290.pdf N3290]{{Citation|title=Revised proposal to encode characters for Vedic Sanskrit in the BMP of the UCS|date=2007-07-26|first1=Michael|last1=Everson|first2=Peter|last2=Scharf|first3=Michel|last3=Angot|first4=R.|last4=Chandrashekar|first5=Malcolm|last5=Hyman|first6=Susan|last6=Rosenfield|first7=B. V. Venkatakrishna|last7=Sastry|first8=Michael|last8=Witzel}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2007/07254-vedic-letter.pdf L2/07-254]}}{{Citation|title=Unicode for Vedic Sanskrit (letter to Mark Davis)|date=2007-08-01|first=E. K. Bharat|last=Bhushan}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2007/07262-vedic-dev.pdf L2/07-262]}}{{Citation|title=Outline of the development of WG2/n3290 = L2/07-230|date=2007-08-07|first=Peter|last=Scharf}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2007/07271-lata-scharf-comp.pdf L2/07-271]}}{{Citation|title=Comparison of proposed characters in Lata 2006 (L2/06-185) with Scharf and Everson WG2/n3290 (L2/07-230)|date=2007-08-08|first=Peter|last=Scharf}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2007/07272-southasian-recom.pdf L2/07-272]}}{{Citation|title=Report of the South Asia subcommittee|date=2007-08-10|first=Eric|last=Muller|section=11}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2007/07396-vaidika.pdf L2/07-396]}}{{Citation|title=Proposal for Encoding of Vaidika Character and Symbols in Unicode|date=2007-10-10|first1=R. K.|last1=Joshi|first2=Alka|last2=Irani}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2007/07386-vedic-cmt.pdf L2/07-386]}}{{Citation|title=Comments on Comparison of proposed characters in Lata 2006 (L2/06-185) with Scharf and Everson WG2/n3290 (L2/07-230)|date=2007-10-17|first=R. K.|last=Joshi}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2007/07388-vedic-obs.pdf L2/07-388]}}{{Citation|title=Following observations have been made with reference to the document No. L2/07-095 dated: 2007-04-13|date=2007-10-17|first=R. K.|last=Joshi}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2007/07343-n3366-vedic.pdf L2/07-343]}}[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3366.pdf N3366]{{Citation|title=Proposal to encode 55 characters for Vedic Sanskrit in the BMP of the UCS|date=2007-10-18|first1=Michael|last1=Everson|first2=Peter|last2=Scharf|first3=Michel|last3=Angot|first4=R.|last4=Chandrashekar|first5=Malcolm|last5=Hyman|first6=Susan|last6=Rosenfield|first7=B. V. Venkatakrishna|last7=Sastry|first8=Michael|last8=Witzel}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2007/07394-vedic-cmt.pdf L2/07-394]}}{{Citation|title=Significant differences between L2/07-230 and L2/07-343|date=2007-10-18|first=Peter|last=Scharf}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2007/07395-vaidika-req.pdf L2/07-395]}}{{Citation|title=Request for feedback on draft proposal for encoding Vaidika characters and symbols in Unicode|date=2007-10-18|first1=R. K.|last1=Joshi|display-authors=etal}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2007/07397-vaidika-evidence.pdf L2/07-397]}}{{Citation|title=Vaidika Vowels and Consonants|date=2007-10-18|first1=R. K.|last1=Joshi|display-authors=etal}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2007/07400-joshi-cmts.pdf L2/07-400]}}{{Citation|title=Comments on R. K. Joshi's documents L2/07-386 and L2/07-388|date=2007-10-18|first=Peter|last=Scharf}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2007/07401-joshi-scharf-equiv.pdf L2/07-401]}}{{Citation|title=Equivalences between L2/07-396 and L2/07-343|date=2007-10-18|first=Peter|last=Scharf}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2007/07345.htm L2/07-345]}}{{Citation|title=UTC #113 Minutes|date=2007-10-25|first=Lisa|last=Moore|section=Consensus 113-C19}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2008/08035-vedic-revisions.pdf L2/08-035]}}{{Citation|title=Vedic Revisions 2008 Jan 14, Revisions to N3366 = L2/07-343|date=2008-01-22|first1=Peter|last1=Scharf|first2=Susan J.|last2=Rosenfield}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2008/08042-vaidika-final.pdf L2/08-042]}}{{Citation|title=Proposal for Encoding of Vaidika Characters & Symbols in Unicode|date=2008-01-23|first=R. K.|last=Joshi}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2008/08043-vaidika-evidence.pdf L2/08-043]}}{{Citation|title=Vaidika Extensions A & B (Vedic evidence to accompany L2/08-042)|date=2008-01-28|first=R. K.|last=Joshi}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2008/08092-n3385-vedic-comparison.pdf L2/08-092]}}[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3385.pdf N3385]{{Citation|title=Comparison between two Vedic proposals of January 2008|date=2008-01-31|first1=Michael|last1=Everson|first2=Peter|last2=Scharf}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2008/08097-amendments.pdf L2/08-097]}}{{Citation|title=Amendments to L2/08-042, L2/08-043|date=2008-01-31}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2008/08050r-n338r3-vedic-summary.pdf L2/08-050R]}}[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3383.pdf N3383R]{{Citation|title=Summary proposal to encode characters for Vedic in the BMP of the UCS|date=2008-03-06|first1=Michael|last1=Everson|first2=Peter|last2=Scharf}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2008/08096-comparison.pdf L2/08-096]}}{{Citation|title=Comparison of L2/08-042 and L2/08-050|date=2008-02-02|first=R. K.|last=Joshi}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2008/08110-southasia.pdf L2/08-110]}}{{Citation|title=South Asia Subcommittee Report|date=2008-02-08|first=Eric|last=Muller}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2008/08003.htm L2/08-003]}}{{Citation|title=UTC #114 Minutes|date=2008-02-14|first=Lisa|last=Moore|section=Vedic}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2008/08176-n3456.pdf L2/08-176]}}[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3456.pdf N3456R]{{Citation|title=Summary of Vedic Characters based on N3385, N3383R, and the Unicode Pipeline|date=2008-04-18|first=Deborah|last=Anderson}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2008/08196-vedic.pdf L2/08-196]}}{{Citation|title=Proposal for Encoding of Vaidika Sanskrit Characters & Symbols in the BMP of UCS|date=2008-05-05}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2008/08216-cmt-vedic.pdf L2/08-216]}}{{Citation|title=Comments on L2/08-196 regarding the encoding of Sanskrit and Vedic|date=2008-05-08|first=Peter|last=Scharf}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2008/08294r-criteria.pdf L2/08-294]}}{{Citation|title=Placement of characters in Vedic, Devanagari, and Devanagari Extended blocks|date=2008-08-06|first=Peter|last=Scharf}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2008/08317-southasia-sub.html L2/08-317]}}{{Citation|title=South Asia Subcommittee Report|date=2008-08-11|first=Eric|last=Muller|section=1.2, 1.3}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2008/08318-n3453.pdf L2/08-318]}}{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3453.pdf N3453 (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3453.doc doc]){{Citation|title=Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 52|date=2008-08-13|first=V. S.|last=Umamaheswaran|section=M52.18}}
{{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=Vedic (B.15.2, E.1)}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2008/08273r3-n3488r3-vedic.pdf L2/08-273R3]}}[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3488.pdf N3488R3]{{Citation|title=Proposal to encode two characters for Vedic in the UCS|date=2008-08-21|first1=Michael|last1=Everson|first2=Peter|last2=Scharf}}
{{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=M53.03}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2009/09067-vedic.pdf L2/09-067]}}{{Citation|title=Encoding of Vaidika Sanskrit Characters & Symbols in the BMP of UCS|date=2009-01-28|first=Swaran|last=Lata}}
rowspan="8" | 8.0rowspan="4" | U+A8FCrowspan="4" | 1{{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=VIII. DEVANAGARI}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2012/12123r2-devanagari-siddham.pdf L2/12-123R]}}[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4260.pdf N4260]{{Citation|title=Proposal to Encode the Sign SIDDHAM for Devanagari|date=2012-05-03|first=Anshuman|last=Pandey}}
{{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-C13}}
{{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=M60.17}}
rowspan="4" | U+A8FDrowspan="4" | 1{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2013/13056-devanagari-jain-om.pdf L2/13-056]}}[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4408.pdf N4408]{{Citation|title=Proposal to Encode the Sign JAIN OM for Devanagari in ISO/IEC 10646|date=2013-04-25|first=Anshuman|last=Pandey}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2013/13086-script-recmnd.pdf L2/13-086]}}{{Citation|title=Recommendations to UTC on Script Proposals|date=2013-04-26|first1=Deborah|last1=Anderson|first2=Rick|last2=McGowan|first3=Ken|last3=Whistler|first4=Roozbeh|last4=Pournader|section=8}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2013/13058.htm L2/13-058]}}{{Citation|title=UTC #135 Minutes|date=2013-06-12|first=Lisa|last=Moore|section=D.2}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4403.pdf N4403 (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4403.doc doc]){{Citation|title=Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 61, Holiday Inn, Vilnius, Lithuania; 2013-06-10/14|date=2014-01-28|first=V. S.|last=Umamaheswaran|section=10.3.9 Jain Om for Devanagar}}
rowspan="3" | 11.0rowspan="3" | U+A8FE..A8FFrowspan="3" | 2{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2015/15335-devanagari-ay.pdf L2/15-335]}}{{Citation|title=Proposal to encode the Devanagari letter and vowel sign AY|date=2015-12-07|first=Anshuman|last=Pandey}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16037-script-rec.pdf L2/16-037]}}{{Citation|title=Recommendations to UTC #146 January 2016 on Script Proposals|date=2016-01-22|first1=Deborah|last1=Anderson|first2=Ken|last2=Whistler|first3=Rick|last3=McGowan|first4=Roozbeh|last4=Pournader|first5=Andrew|last5=Glass|first6=Laurențiu|last6=Iancu|section=2. Devanagari}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16004.htm L2/16-004]}}{{Citation|title=UTC #146 Minutes|date=2016-02-01|first=Lisa|last=Moore|section=D.7}}
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