Marchen (Unicode block)
{{Infobox Unicode block
|blockname = Marchen
|rangestart = 11C70
|rangeend = 11CBF
|script1 = Marchen
|alphabets =
|9_0 = 68
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}}
Marchen is a Unicode block containing characters from the Marchen alphabet, which has been used to write the extinct Zhang-Zhung language of the Zhang-zhung culture of Tibet.{{cite web|url=http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n4491.pdf|title=N4491: Final proposal to encode the Marchen script in the SMP of the UCS|date=2013-10-22|first=Andrew|last=West|author-link=Andrew West (linguist)}} In modern Bon usage, Marchen is also used to write Tibetan.
{{Unicode chart Marchen}}
History
The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Marchen block:
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| Version | {{nobr|Final code points}} | Count | L2 ID | WG2 ID | Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="6" | 9.0 | rowspan="6" width="180" | U+11C70..11C8F, 11C92..11CA7, 11CA9..11CB6 | rowspan="6" | 68 | {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2011/11140-n4032-marchen.pdf L2/11-140]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4032.pdf N4032] | {{Citation|title=Proposal to encode the Marchen script in the SMP of the UCS|date=2011-04-30|first=Andrew|last=West|author-link=Andrew West (linguist)|ref=none}} |
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2013/13197-marchen.pdf L2/13-197]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4491.pdf N4491] | {{Citation|title=Final proposal to encode the Marchen script in the SMP of the UCS|date=2013-10-22|first=Andrew|last=West|ref=none}} | |||
| {{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|ref=none|section=10.3.16 Marchen script}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2014/14026.htm L2/14-026]}} | {{Citation|title=UTC #138 Minutes|date=2014-02-17|first=Lisa|last=Moore|ref=none|section=D.13}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4553.pdf N4553 (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4553..doc doc]) | {{Citation|title=Minutes of WG 2 meeting 62 Adobe, San Jose, CA, USA|date=2014-09-16|first=V. S.|last=Umamaheswaran|ref=none|section=M62.10}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2015/15017.htm L2/15-017]}} | {{Citation|title=UTC #142 Minutes|date=2015-02-12|first=Lisa|last=Moore|ref=none|section=Consensus 142-C16|quote=Rescind approval of U+11CA8 MARCHEN SUBJOINED LETTER -A.}} | ||||
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References
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