Kaithi (Unicode block)

{{Infobox Unicode block

|blockname = Kaithi

|rangestart = 11080

|rangeend = 110CF

|script1 = Kaithi

|alphabets = Bhojpuri
Magahi
Awadhi
Maithili
Urdu
Hindi

|5_2 = 66

|11_0 = 1

|14_0 = 1

|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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Kaithi is a Unicode block containing characters historically used for writing Bhojpuri, Bajjika, Magahi, Awadhi, Maithili, Urdu, Hindi, and other related languages of the Bihar/Uttar Pradesh area of northern India.

{{Unicode chart Kaithi}}

History

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

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Version{{nobr|Final code points}}CountL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
rowspan="20" | 5.2rowspan="20" | U+11080..110C1rowspan="20" | 66{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2005/05343-kaithi.pdf L2/05-343]}}{{Citation|title=Proposal to Encode the Kaithi Script in Plane 1 of ISO/IEC 10646|date=2005-10-25|first=Anshuman|last=Pandey}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2005/05368-n3014-kaithi.pdf L2/05-368]}}[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3014.pdf N3014]{{Citation|title=Towards an encoding of the Kaithi script|date=2005-11-06|first=Michael|last=Everson|author-link=Michael Everson}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2007/07199-kaithi.pdf L2/07-199]}}{{Citation|title=Proposal to Encode the Kaithi Script in Plane 1|date=2007-05-21|first=Anshuman|last=Pandey}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2007/07418-kaithi.pdf L2/07-418]}}[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3389.pdf N3389]{{Citation|title=Proposal to Encode the Kaithi Script in ISO/IEC 10646|date=2007-12-13|first=Anshuman|last=Pandey}}
{{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=Kaithi}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2008/08156-n3438-kaithi.pdf L2/08-156]}}[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3438.pdf N3438]{{Citation|title=Request for removal of digits from Kaithi proposal|date=2008-04-11|first1=Deborah|last1=Anderson|first2=Anshuman|last2=Pandey}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2008/08194-n3389-kaithi.pdf L2/08-194]}}{{Citation|title=Proposal to Encode the Kaithi Script in ISO/IEC 10646|date=2008-05-06|first=Anshuman|last=Pandey}}
{{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=M52.15}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2008/08370-n3544-kaithi.pdf L2/08-370]}}[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3544.pdf N3544]{{Citation|title=Proposal to add three Kaithi punctuation marks|date=2008-10-15|first=Deborah|last=Anderson}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2008/08400-kaithi-num-sign.pdf L2/08-400]}}{{Citation|title=Information on U+110BD KAITHI NUMBER SIGN|date=2008-10-29|first=Deborah|last=Anderson}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2008/08161.htm L2/08-161R2]}}{{Citation|title=UTC #115 Minutes|date=2008-11-05|first=Lisa|last=Moore|section=Consensus 115-C18|quote=Rescind approval of 10 characters for Kaithi digits, at U+110C0..U+110C9. They will be unified with Devanagari.}}
{{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=M53.06}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2008/08361.htm L2/08-361]}}{{Citation|title=UTC #117 Minutes|date=2008-12-02|first=Lisa|last=Moore|section=Consensus 117-C22}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2009/09070r-kaithi.pdf L2/09-070]}}{{Citation|title=Comments on Kaithi Punctuation Marks and FPDAM 6|date=2009-02-01|first1=Anshuman|last1=Pandey|first2=Deborah|last2=Anderson}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2009/09071-n3520.pdf L2/09-071]}}[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3520.pdf N3520R]{{Citation|title=Details on Kaithi punctuation (based on N3389)|date=2009-02-02|first=Deborah|last=Anderson}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2009/09089-kaithisectionmarks.pdf L2/09-089]}}[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3574.pdf N3574]{{Citation|title=Proposal to Encode Section Marks for Kaithi in ISO/IEC 10646|date=2009-02-10|first=Anshuman|last=Pandey}}
{{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=E.6}}
{{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=M54.03c}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2009/09270r-kaithi-decomp.pdf L2/09-270R]}}{{Citation|title=Kaithi Decomposition Questions for Unicode 5.2|date=2009-08-05|first=Deborah|last=Anderson}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2009/09225.htm L2/09-225R]}}{{Citation|title=UTC #120 / L2 #217 Minutes|date=2009-08-17|first=Lisa|last=Moore|section=E.3.1}}
rowspan="3" | 11.0rowspan="3" | U+110CDrowspan="3" | 1{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16097r-kaithi-comb-enum-sign.pdf L2/16-097R]}}{{Citation|title=Proposal to encode Kaithi Number Sign Above|date=2016-04-29|first=Benjamin|last=Yang}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16156-script-recs.pdf L2/16-156]}}{{Citation|title=Recommendations to UTC #147 May 2016 on Script Proposals|date=2016-05-06|first1=Deborah|last1=Anderson|first2=Ken|last2=Whistler|first3=Roozbeh|last3=Pournader|first4=Andrew|last4=Glass|first5=Laurențiu|last5=Iancu|section=10. Kaithi}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16121.htm L2/16-121]}}{{Citation|title=UTC #147 Minutes|date=2016-05-20|first=Lisa|last=Moore|section=D.13}}
rowspan="3" | 14.0rowspan="3" | U+110C2rowspan="3" | 1{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2020/20151-kaithi-vowel-sign-vocalic-r.pdf L2/20-151]}}{{Citation|title=Proposal to encode the KAITHI VOWEL SIGN VOCALIC R|date=2020-06-24|first1=Srinidhi|last1=A|first2=Sridatta|last2=A}}
{{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=12. Kaithi}}
{{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-C14}}
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