Ethiopic (Unicode block)

{{also|Ethiopic Supplement|l1=Ethiopic Supplement (Unicode block)|Ethiopic Extended|l2=Ethiopic Extended (Unicode block)|Ethiopic Extended-A|Ethiopic Extended-B}}

{{Infobox Unicode block

|blockname = Ethiopic

|rangestart = 1200

|rangeend = 137F

|script1 =Ethiopic

|alphabets = Geʽez

|3_0 = 345

|4_1 = 11

|6_0 = 2

|sources =

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Ethiopic is a Unicode block containing characters for writing the Geʽez, Tigrinya, Amharic, Tigre, Harari, Gurage and other Ethiosemitic languages and Central Cushitic languages or Agaw languages.

Block

History

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

Version	{{nobr\|Final code points}}	Count	UTC ID	L2 ID	WG2 ID	Document
class="wikitable collapsible sticky-header"
rowspan="25" \| 3.0	rowspan="25" width="180" \| U+1200..1206, 1208..1246, 1248, 124A..124D, 1250..1256, 1258, 125A..125D, 1260..1286, 1288, 128A..128D, 1290..12AE, 12B0, 12B2..12B5, 12B8..12BE, 12C0, 12C2..12C5, 12C8..12CE, 12D0..12D6, 12D8..12EE, 12F0..130E, 1310, 1312..1315, 1318..131E, 1320..1346, 1348..135A, 1361..137C	rowspan="25" \| 345	{{nobr\|UTC/1991-043}}			{{Citation\|title=Ethiopian\|first=Joe\|last=Becker\|author-link=Joe Becker (Unicode)}}
	{{nobr\|X3L2/92-143}}	N807	{{Citation\|title=Comments on Ethiopian Script\|date=1992-05-14\|first1=Michael\|last1=Mann\|first2=Hugh McGregor\|last2=Ross\|author-link2=Hugh McGregor Ross}}
{{nobr\|UTC/1995-013}}			{{Citation\|title=Proposal for Ethiopian Encoding in Unicode/10646\|date=1995-02-26\|first=Joe\|last=Becker}}
		N1165	{{Citation\|title=Names of Ethiopian characters\|date=1995-03-11\|first=Michael\|last=Everson\|author-link=Michael Everson}}
{{nobr\|UTC/1995-055b}}			{{Citation\|title=Ethiopic Glyphs Variants\|date=1995-10-06\|first=Daniel\|last=Yacob}}
	{{nobr\|X3L2/95-116}}	N1270	{{Citation\|title=Proposal for Inclusion of Ethiopian-Eritrean Syllabary\|date=1995-10-12\|first=Hugh McGregor\|last=Ross}}
{{nobr\|UTC/1995-055a}}	{{nobr\|X3L2/95-134}}	N1326	{{Citation\|title=Conclusive Proposal for Encoding of Ethiopic Syllabary\|date=1995-12-07\|first=Joe\|last=Becker}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L1996-UTC/UTC67-Minutes.TXT UTC/1996-002]}}			{{Citation\|title=UTC #67 Minutes\|date=1996-03-05\|first1=Joan\|last1=Aliprand\|first2=Edwin\|last2=Hart\|first3=Steve\|last3=Greenfield\|section=Ethiopic}}
		N1372	{{Citation\|title=Update on N 1270 and N 1326 - Ethiopic\|date=1996-04-23\|first=Hugh McGregor\|last=Ross}}
{{nobr\|UTC/1996-024}}	{{nobr\|X3L2/96-067}}		{{Citation\|title=Michael Everson Response to SOAS\|date=1996-06-04\|first1=Michael\|last1=Everson\|first2=Joe\|last2=Becker}}
{{nobr\|UTC/1996-025}}			{{Citation\|title=Follow up response to WG2 N1326 re Encoding of Ethiopic Syllabary\|first=Joe\|last=Becker}}
		[https://web.archive.org/web/20200215052615/http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n1353.doc N1353]	{{Citation\|title=Draft minutes of WG2 Copenhagen Meeting # 30\|date=1996-06-25\|first1=V. S.\|last1=Umamaheswaran\|first2=Mike\|last2=Ksar\|section=8.4}}
		N1420	{{Citation\|title=Conclusive Proposal for Encoding of Ethiopic Syllabary, Update\|date=1996-07-27\|first=Joe\|last=Becker}}
	{{nobr\|X3L2/96-119}}	N1485	{{Citation\|title=Proposed Draft Amendment No. 10 to ISO/IEC 10646-1\|date=1996-12-01\|first=Glenn\|last=Adams}}
		[https://web.archive.org/web/20200215052615/http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n1453.pdf N1453]	{{Citation\|title=WG 2 Minutes - Quebec Meeting 31\|date=1996-12-06\|first1=Mike\|last1=Ksar\|first2=V. S.\|last2=Umamaheswaran\|section=8.5}}
	{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L1996/UTC71-Minutes.htm X3L2/96-123]}}		{{Citation\|title=Preliminary Minutes - UTC #71 & X3L2 #168 ad hoc meeting, San Diego - December 5-6, 1996\|date=1996-12-18\|first1=Joan\|last1=Aliprand\|first2=Arnold\|last2=Winkler\|section=6.2.3}}
	{{nobr\|L2/97-003}}		{{Citation\|title=Combined PDAM registration and ballot for FPDAM 10: Ethiopic script\|date=1997-01-28\|first=Bruce\|last=Paterson}}
		N1594	{{Citation\|title=Summary of Voting/Table of Replies, Amendment 10 – Ethiopic\|date=1997-06-17}}
	{{nobr\|L2/97-159}}	N1614	{{Citation\|title=Resolving Japanese Comments on pDAM 10 [Ethiopic]\|date=1997-07-01}}
	{{nobr\|L2/97-288}}	[https://web.archive.org/web/20200215052615/http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n1603.doc N1603]	{{Citation\|title=Unconfirmed Meeting Minutes, WG 2 Meeting # 33, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, 20 June – 4 July 1997\|date=1997-10-24\|first=V. S.\|last=Umamaheswaran\|section=6.2}}
	{{nobr\|L2/97-276}}	[https://web.archive.org/web/20200215052615/http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n1630.doc N1630]	{{Citation\|title=Report on JTC1/SC2 letter ballot on FPDAM No. 10 to ISO/IEC 10646-1 (Ethiopic Script)\|date=1997-12-01}}
	{{nobr\|L2/98-018}}		{{Citation\|title=Disposition of Comments Report on Document SC 2 N 2805, Combined PDAM Registration and FPDAM ballot: Amendment 10: Ethioptic Script\|date=1998-01-14}}
	{{nobr\|L2/98-316}}		{{Citation\|title=Notices of publication for various amendments and standards}}
	{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L1999/99122.txt L2/99-122]}}		{{Citation\|title=Ordering labio-velar characters in Ethiopic\|date=1999-03-31\|first=John\|last=Clews}}
	{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2000/00282-ethiopic-fix.pdf L2/00-282]}}		{{Citation\|title=Proposed glyph fixes for Ethiopic pages in ISO/IEC 10646-1:2000\|date=2000-08-25\|first=Michael\|last=Everson}}
rowspan="5" \| 4.1	rowspan="5" \| U+1207, 1247, 1287, 12AF, 12CF, 12EF, 130F, 131F, 1347, 135F..1360	rowspan="5" \| 11	{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L1991-UTC/UTC-91-026.pdf UTC/1991-026]}}	{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L1991-UTC/UTC-91-026.pdf X3L2/91-024]}}		{{Citation\|title=On the Extended Ethiopic Alphabet\|date=1991-02-26\|first=Lloyd\|last=Anderson}}
	{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L1999/n1846.pdf L2/98-300]}}	[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n1846.pdf N1846]	{{Citation\|title=Proposal to encode Ethiopic Extensions in the BMP of ISO/IEC 10646\|date=1998-09-11\|first1=Michael\|last1=Everson\|first2=Daniel\|last2=Yacob}}
	{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2004/04143-n2747-ethiopic-ext.pdf L2/04-143]}}	[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2747.pdf N2747]	{{Citation\|title=Revision of the N1846 Proposal to add Extended Ethiopic to the BMP of the UCS\|date=2004-04-23\|first=Daniel\|last=Yacob}}
	{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2004/04265-n2814r-ethiopic-supp.pdf L2/04-265R]}}	[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2814.pdf N2814R]	{{Citation\|title=Revisions proposed to N2747 (Extended Ethiopic)\|date=2004-06-18\|first1=Michael\|last1=Everson\|first2=Daniel\|last2=Yacob}}
	{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2011/11261.htm L2/11-261R2]}}		{{Citation\|title=UTC #128 / L2 #225 Minutes\|date=2011-08-16\|first=Lisa\|last=Moore\|section=Consensus 128-C6\|quote=Change the general category from "So" to "Po" ... [U+1360]}}
rowspan="3" \| 6.0	rowspan="3" \| U+135D..135E	rowspan="3" \| 2		{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2009/09050r-ethiopic.pdf L2/09-050R]}}	[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3572.pdf N3572]	{{Citation\|title=Proposal to Encode Additional Ethiopic Characters\|date=2009-02-05\|first=Lorna\|last=Priest}}
	{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2009/09003.htm L2/09-003R]}}		{{Citation\|title=UTC #118 / L2 #215 Minutes\|date=2009-02-12\|first=Lisa\|last=Moore\|section=B.15.16}}
	{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2009/09234-n3603-wg2-54-min.pdf L2/09-234]}}	{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3603.pdf N3603 (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3603.doc doc])	{{Citation\|title=Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 54\|date=2009-07-08\|first=V. S.\|last=Umamaheswaran\|section=M54.11}}
class="sortbottom" \| colspan="7" \| {{reflist\|group=lower-alpha\|refs=Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names}}

References

Category:Unicode blocks

Version	{{nobr\|Final code points}}	Count	UTC ID	L2 ID	WG2 ID	Document
class="wikitable collapsible sticky-header"
rowspan="25" \| 3.0	rowspan="25" width="180" \| U+1200..1206, 1208..1246, 1248, 124A..124D, 1250..1256, 1258, 125A..125D, 1260..1286, 1288, 128A..128D, 1290..12AE, 12B0, 12B2..12B5, 12B8..12BE, 12C0, 12C2..12C5, 12C8..12CE, 12D0..12D6, 12D8..12EE, 12F0..130E, 1310, 1312..1315, 1318..131E, 1320..1346, 1348..135A, 1361..137C	rowspan="25" \| 345	{{nobr\|UTC/1991-043}}			{{Citation\|title=Ethiopian\|first=Joe\|last=Becker\|author-link=Joe Becker (Unicode)}}
	{{nobr\|X3L2/92-143}}	N807	{{Citation\|title=Comments on Ethiopian Script\|date=1992-05-14\|first1=Michael\|last1=Mann\|first2=Hugh McGregor\|last2=Ross\|author-link2=Hugh McGregor Ross}}
{{nobr\|UTC/1995-013}}			{{Citation\|title=Proposal for Ethiopian Encoding in Unicode/10646\|date=1995-02-26\|first=Joe\|last=Becker}}
		N1165	{{Citation\|title=Names of Ethiopian characters\|date=1995-03-11\|first=Michael\|last=Everson\|author-link=Michael Everson}}
{{nobr\|UTC/1995-055b}}			{{Citation\|title=Ethiopic Glyphs Variants\|date=1995-10-06\|first=Daniel\|last=Yacob}}
	{{nobr\|X3L2/95-116}}	N1270	{{Citation\|title=Proposal for Inclusion of Ethiopian-Eritrean Syllabary\|date=1995-10-12\|first=Hugh McGregor\|last=Ross}}
{{nobr\|UTC/1995-055a}}	{{nobr\|X3L2/95-134}}	N1326	{{Citation\|title=Conclusive Proposal for Encoding of Ethiopic Syllabary\|date=1995-12-07\|first=Joe\|last=Becker}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L1996-UTC/UTC67-Minutes.TXT UTC/1996-002]}}			{{Citation\|title=UTC #67 Minutes\|date=1996-03-05\|first1=Joan\|last1=Aliprand\|first2=Edwin\|last2=Hart\|first3=Steve\|last3=Greenfield\|section=Ethiopic}}
		N1372	{{Citation\|title=Update on N 1270 and N 1326 - Ethiopic\|date=1996-04-23\|first=Hugh McGregor\|last=Ross}}
{{nobr\|UTC/1996-024}}	{{nobr\|X3L2/96-067}}		{{Citation\|title=Michael Everson Response to SOAS\|date=1996-06-04\|first1=Michael\|last1=Everson\|first2=Joe\|last2=Becker}}
{{nobr\|UTC/1996-025}}			{{Citation\|title=Follow up response to WG2 N1326 re Encoding of Ethiopic Syllabary\|first=Joe\|last=Becker}}
		[https://web.archive.org/web/20200215052615/http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n1353.doc N1353]	{{Citation\|title=Draft minutes of WG2 Copenhagen Meeting # 30\|date=1996-06-25\|first1=V. S.\|last1=Umamaheswaran\|first2=Mike\|last2=Ksar\|section=8.4}}
		N1420	{{Citation\|title=Conclusive Proposal for Encoding of Ethiopic Syllabary, Update\|date=1996-07-27\|first=Joe\|last=Becker}}
	{{nobr\|X3L2/96-119}}	N1485	{{Citation\|title=Proposed Draft Amendment No. 10 to ISO/IEC 10646-1\|date=1996-12-01\|first=Glenn\|last=Adams}}
		[https://web.archive.org/web/20200215052615/http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n1453.pdf N1453]	{{Citation\|title=WG 2 Minutes - Quebec Meeting 31\|date=1996-12-06\|first1=Mike\|last1=Ksar\|first2=V. S.\|last2=Umamaheswaran\|section=8.5}}
	{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L1996/UTC71-Minutes.htm X3L2/96-123]}}		{{Citation\|title=Preliminary Minutes - UTC #71 & X3L2 #168 ad hoc meeting, San Diego - December 5-6, 1996\|date=1996-12-18\|first1=Joan\|last1=Aliprand\|first2=Arnold\|last2=Winkler\|section=6.2.3}}
	{{nobr\|L2/97-003}}		{{Citation\|title=Combined PDAM registration and ballot for FPDAM 10: Ethiopic script\|date=1997-01-28\|first=Bruce\|last=Paterson}}
		N1594	{{Citation\|title=Summary of Voting/Table of Replies, Amendment 10 – Ethiopic\|date=1997-06-17}}
	{{nobr\|L2/97-159}}	N1614	{{Citation\|title=Resolving Japanese Comments on pDAM 10 [Ethiopic]\|date=1997-07-01}}
	{{nobr\|L2/97-288}}	[https://web.archive.org/web/20200215052615/http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n1603.doc N1603]	{{Citation\|title=Unconfirmed Meeting Minutes, WG 2 Meeting # 33, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, 20 June – 4 July 1997\|date=1997-10-24\|first=V. S.\|last=Umamaheswaran\|section=6.2}}
	{{nobr\|L2/97-276}}	[https://web.archive.org/web/20200215052615/http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n1630.doc N1630]	{{Citation\|title=Report on JTC1/SC2 letter ballot on FPDAM No. 10 to ISO/IEC 10646-1 (Ethiopic Script)\|date=1997-12-01}}
	{{nobr\|L2/98-018}}		{{Citation\|title=Disposition of Comments Report on Document SC 2 N 2805, Combined PDAM Registration and FPDAM ballot: Amendment 10: Ethioptic Script\|date=1998-01-14}}
	{{nobr\|L2/98-316}}		{{Citation\|title=Notices of publication for various amendments and standards}}
	{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L1999/99122.txt L2/99-122]}}		{{Citation\|title=Ordering labio-velar characters in Ethiopic\|date=1999-03-31\|first=John\|last=Clews}}
	{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2000/00282-ethiopic-fix.pdf L2/00-282]}}		{{Citation\|title=Proposed glyph fixes for Ethiopic pages in ISO/IEC 10646-1:2000\|date=2000-08-25\|first=Michael\|last=Everson}}
rowspan="5" \| 4.1	rowspan="5" \| U+1207, 1247, 1287, 12AF, 12CF, 12EF, 130F, 131F, 1347, 135F..1360	rowspan="5" \| 11	{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L1991-UTC/UTC-91-026.pdf UTC/1991-026]}}	{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L1991-UTC/UTC-91-026.pdf X3L2/91-024]}}		{{Citation\|title=On the Extended Ethiopic Alphabet\|date=1991-02-26\|first=Lloyd\|last=Anderson}}
	{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L1999/n1846.pdf L2/98-300]}}	[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n1846.pdf N1846]	{{Citation\|title=Proposal to encode Ethiopic Extensions in the BMP of ISO/IEC 10646\|date=1998-09-11\|first1=Michael\|last1=Everson\|first2=Daniel\|last2=Yacob}}
	{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2004/04143-n2747-ethiopic-ext.pdf L2/04-143]}}	[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2747.pdf N2747]	{{Citation\|title=Revision of the N1846 Proposal to add Extended Ethiopic to the BMP of the UCS\|date=2004-04-23\|first=Daniel\|last=Yacob}}
	{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2004/04265-n2814r-ethiopic-supp.pdf L2/04-265R]}}	[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2814.pdf N2814R]	{{Citation\|title=Revisions proposed to N2747 (Extended Ethiopic)\|date=2004-06-18\|first1=Michael\|last1=Everson\|first2=Daniel\|last2=Yacob}}
	{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2011/11261.htm L2/11-261R2]}}		{{Citation\|title=UTC #128 / L2 #225 Minutes\|date=2011-08-16\|first=Lisa\|last=Moore\|section=Consensus 128-C6\|quote=Change the general category from "So" to "Po" ... [U+1360]}}
rowspan="3" \| 6.0	rowspan="3" \| U+135D..135E	rowspan="3" \| 2		{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2009/09050r-ethiopic.pdf L2/09-050R]}}	[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3572.pdf N3572]	{{Citation\|title=Proposal to Encode Additional Ethiopic Characters\|date=2009-02-05\|first=Lorna\|last=Priest}}
	{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2009/09003.htm L2/09-003R]}}		{{Citation\|title=UTC #118 / L2 #215 Minutes\|date=2009-02-12\|first=Lisa\|last=Moore\|section=B.15.16}}
	{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2009/09234-n3603-wg2-54-min.pdf L2/09-234]}}	{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3603.pdf N3603 (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3603.doc doc])	{{Citation\|title=Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 54\|date=2009-07-08\|first=V. S.\|last=Umamaheswaran\|section=M54.11}}
class="sortbottom" \| colspan="7" \| {{reflist\|group=lower-alpha\|refs=Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names}}