Cham (Unicode block)
BlocknameCham
RangestartAA00
RangeendAA5F
Script 1Cham
AlphabetsEastern Cham
5 183
Note[1][2]

Cham is a Unicode block containing characters of the Cham script, which is used for writing the Cham language, primarily used for the Eastern dialect in Cambodia and Vietnam.

A separate block for Western Cham, used in Cambodia, was first proposed to Unicode in 2016. As of May 2022 it is still being finalized.[3]

History

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

VersionFinal code points[a]CountL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
5.1U+AA00..AA36, AA40..AA4D, AA50..AA59, AA5C..AA5F83N1126"Cham script [proposal summary form]", 1994-10-14
N1203Umamaheswaran, V. S. & Ksar, Mike (1995-05-03), "6.1.2.2", "Unconfirmed minutes of SC2/WG2 Meeting 27, Geneva"
L2/97-143N1578Everson, Michael (1997-04-06), "Cham encoding discussion"
L2/97-124N1559Everson, Michael (1997-05-01), "Proposal for encoding the Cham script in ISO/IEC 10646"
L2/97-288N1603Umamaheswaran, V. S. (1997-10-24), "8.22", "Unconfirmed Meeting Minutes, WG 2 Meeting # 33, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, 20 June – 4 July 1997"
L2/99-081N1960Everson, Michael (1999-02-01), "Response to Ngo Trung Viet on feedback from Cham experts"
N1997Nhan, Ngo Than (1999-02-26), "Response to Michael Everson"
L2/06-257N3120Everson, Michael (2006-08-06), "Proposal for encoding the Cham script in the BMP of the UCS"
L2/06-231Moore, Lisa (2006-08-17), "C.14", "UTC #108 Minutes"
N3153 (pdf, doc)Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2007-02-16), "M49.18", "Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 49 AIST, Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan; 2006-09-25/29"

References

  1. ^ "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  2. ^ "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  3. ^ "ScriptSource - Entry - Unicode Status (Western Cham)"
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