Lao (Unicode block)
{{Infobox Unicode block
|blockname = Lao
|rangestart = 0E80
|rangeend = 0EFF
|script1 = Lao
|alphabets = Lao
Pali
|1_0_0 = 70
|1_0_1 = -5
|6_1 = 2
|12_0 = 15
|15_0 = 1
|sources = Thai Industrial Standard 620-2529 and 620-2533
|note = Five characters were removed from the Lao block in version 1.0.1 during the process of unifying with ISO 10646.{{cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode1.0.0/Notice.pdf|title=Unicode 1.0.1 Addendum|work=The Unicode Standard|date=1992-11-03|accessdate=2016-07-09}}{{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}}
}}
Lao is a Unicode block containing characters for the languages of Laos. The characters of the Lao block are allocated so as to be equivalent to the similarly positioned characters of the Thai block immediately preceding it.
Block
{{Unicode chart Lao}}
History
The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Lao block:
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| Version | {{nobr|Final code points}} | Count | UTC ID | L2 ID | WG2 ID | Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="7" | 1.0.0 | rowspan="7" width="180" | U+0E81..0E82, 0E84, 0E87..0E88, 0E8A, 0E8D, 0E94..0E97, 0E99..0E9F, 0EA1..0EA3, 0EA5, 0EA7, 0EAA..0EAB, 0EAD..0EB9, 0EBB..0EBD, 0EC0..0EC4, 0EC6, 0EC8..0ECD, 0ED0..0ED9, 0EDC..0EDD | rowspan="7" | 65 | {{nobr|UTC/1991-058}} | {{Citation|title=Thai, Lao|first=Ken|last=Whistler}} | ||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L1991-UTC/UTC46-draft.txt UTC/1991-048B]}} | {{Citation|title=Draft Minutes from the UTC meeting #46 day 2, 3/27 at Apple|date=1991-03-27|first=Ken|last=Whistler|section=Thai, Lao}} | |||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L1992-UTC/UTC52-draft.txt UTC/1992-xxx]}} | {{Citation|title=Unconfirmed minutes for UTC Meeting #52, May 8, 1992 at Xerox|date=1992-05-12|first=Asmus|last=Freytag|section=B. Indic SC}} | |||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2002/02017-whistler.pdf L2/02-017]}} | {{Citation|title=Character Properties for avagrahas, etc.|date=2002-01-14|first=Ken|last=Whistler}} | |||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2005/05357-west-lao.pdf L2/05-357]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3137.pdf N3137] | {{Citation|title=Note on Lao Character Names|date=2005-10-30|first=Andrew|last=West|author-link=Andrew West (linguist)}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2005/05279.htm L2/05-279]}} | {{Citation|title=UTC #105 Minutes|date=2005-11-10|first=Lisa|last=Moore|section=Lao Names (C.15)}} | |||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3103.pdf N3103 (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3103.doc doc]) | {{Citation|title=Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 48, Mountain View, CA, USA; 2006-04-24/27|date=2006-08-25|first=V. S.|last=Umamaheswaran|section=M48.36}} | |||||
| rowspan="3" | 6.1 | rowspan="3" | U+0EDE..0EDF | rowspan="3" | 2 | {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2010/10335r-n3893r-lao-hosken.pdf L2/10-335]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3893.pdf N3893R] | {{Citation|title=Proposal to add minority characters to Lao script|date=2010-10-05|first=Martin|last=Hosken}} | |
| {{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=Consensus 125-C20}} | |||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3903.pdf N3903 (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3903.doc doc]) | {{Citation|title=Unconfirmed minutes of WG2 meeting 57|date=2011-03-31|section=M57.02i}} | |||||
| rowspan="4" | 12.0 | rowspan="4" | U+0E86, 0E89, 0E8C, 0E8E..0E93, 0E98, 0EA0, 0EA8..0EA9, 0EAC, 0EBA | rowspan="4" | 15 | {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17106r-lao-for-pali.pdf L2/17-106R]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4861-17106r-lao-for-pali.pdf N4861] | {{Citation|title=Revised Proposal to Encode Lao Characters for Pali|date=2017-07-19|first1=Vinodh|last1=Rajan|first2=Ben|last2=Mitchell|first3=Martin|last3=Jansche|first4=Sascha|last4=Brawer}} | |
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17255-script-ad-hoc.pdf L2/17-255]}} | {{Citation|title=Recommendations to UTC #152 July-August 2017 on Script Proposals|date=2017-07-28|first1=Deborah|last1=Anderson|first2=Ken|last2=Whistler|first3=Roozbeh|last3=Pournader|first4=Lisa|last4=Moore|first5=Hai|last5=Liang|section=6. Lao}} | |||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17222.htm L2/17-222]}} | {{Citation|title=UTC #152 Minutes|date=2017-08-11|first=Lisa|last=Moore|section=D.4}} | |||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4953-M66-Minutes.pdf N4953 (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4953-M66-Minutes.doc doc]) | {{Citation|title=Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 66|date=2018-03-23|section=M66.14}} | |||||
| rowspan="5" | 15.0 | rowspan="5" | U+0ECE | rowspan="5" | 1 | {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2021/21093-lao-yamakkan.pdf L2/21-093]}} | {{Citation|title=Proposal to Encode Lao Yamakkan|date=2021-04-21|first1=Vinodh|last1=Rajan|first2=Jayasāro|last2=Bhikkhu}} | ||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2021/21073-script-adhoc-rept.pdf L2/21-073]}} | {{Citation|title=Recommendations to UTC #167 April 2021 on Script Proposals|date=2021-04-23|first1=Deborah|last1=Anderson|first2=Ken|last2=Whistler|first3=Roozbeh|last3=Pournader|first4=Lisa|last4=Moore|first5=Hai|last5=Liang|section=11. Lao}} | |||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2021/21143-lao-yamakkan-resp.pdf L2/21-143]}} | {{Citation|title=Response to Comments on Lao Yamakkan|date=2021-07-14|first=Vinodh|last=Rajan}} | |||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2021/21130-script-adhoc-rept.pdf L2/21-130]}} | {{Citation|title=Recommendations to UTC #168 July 2021 on Script Proposals|date=2021-07-26|first1=Deborah|last1=Anderson|first2=Ken|last2=Whistler|first3=Roozbeh|last3=Pournader|first4=Hai|last4=Liang|section=16. Lao}} | |||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2021/21123.htm L2/21-123]}} | {{Citation|title=Draft Minutes of UTC Meeting 168|date=2021-08-03|first=Craig|last=Cummings|section=B.1 Section 16, Lao}} | |||||
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