Devanagari Extended
RangeU+A8E0..U+A8FF
(32 code points)
PlaneBMP
ScriptsDevanagari
Symbol setsSamaveda cantillation marks
nasalization marks
Assigned32 code points
Unused0 reserved code points
Unicode version history
5.2 (2009)28 (+28)
8.0 (2015)30 (+2)
11.0 (2018)32 (+2)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: [1][2]

Devanagari Extended is a Unicode block containing cantilation marks for writing the Samaveda, and nasalization marks for the Devanagari script.

Block

Devanagari Extended[1]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
 0123456789ABCDEF
U+A8Ex
U+A8Fx
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 15.1

History

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

VersionFinal code points[lower-alpha 1]CountL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
5.2U+A8E0..A8FB28L2/00-144Everson, Michael (2000-04-22), Vedic Accents (untitled, undated early draft)
L2/00-178Everson, Michael (2000-04-22), Encoding Vedic Accents
L2/00-155Moore, Lisa (2000-05-31), Comments on Encoding Vedic Accents Proposal
L2/03-066New Proposal for Vedic Characters and Symbols, 2003-02-26
L2/03-067Joshi, R. K. (2003-02-27), Vedic Code Set; a draft
L2/03-102Vikas, Om (2003-03-04), Unicode Standard for Indic Scripts
L2/03-101.2Proposed Changes in Indic Scripts [Devanagari document], 2003-03-04
L2/04-398Proposal to encode Vedic accents, etc., 2004-11-12
L2/05-063Vikas, Om (2005-02-07), "Awaiting Updates-Devanagari", Issues in Representation of Indic Scripts in Unicode
L2/05-070McGowan, Rick (2005-02-09), Indic ad hoc report
L2/05-026Moore, Lisa (2005-05-16), "Scripts - Indic (C.12)", UTC #102 Minutes
L2/05-228Muller, Eric (2005-08-11), Analysis of a TDIL proposal for Vedic
L2/06-185Proposal for Encoding of Vedic Characters & Symbols in Unicode, 2006-05-10
L2/06-384Lata, Swaran (2006-10-25), Letter from T. N. Dharmadhikari in support of Vedic repertoire
L2/07-060Scharf, Peter (2007-02-02), Vedic Unicode Workshop Report
L2/07-095RN3235REverson, Michael; Scharf, Peter; Angot, Michel; Chandrashekar, R.; Hyman, Malcolm; Rosenfield, Susan; Sastry, B. V. Venkatakrishna; Witzel, Michael (2007-04-13), Proposal to encode characters for Vedic Sanskrit in the BMP of the UCS
L2/07-230N3290Everson, Michael; Scharf, Peter; Angot, Michel; Chandrashekar, R.; Hyman, Malcolm; Rosenfield, Susan; Sastry, B. V. Venkatakrishna; Witzel, Michael (2007-07-26), Revised proposal to encode characters for Vedic Sanskrit in the BMP of the UCS
L2/07-254Bhushan, E. K. Bharat (2007-08-01), Unicode for Vedic Sanskrit (letter to Mark Davis)
L2/07-262Scharf, Peter (2007-08-07), Outline of the development of WG2/n3290 = L2/07-230
L2/07-271Scharf, Peter (2007-08-08), Comparison of proposed characters in Lata 2006 (L2/06-185) with Scharf and Everson WG2/n3290 (L2/07-230)
L2/07-272Muller, Eric (2007-08-10), "11", Report of the South Asia subcommittee
L2/07-396Joshi, R. K.; Irani, Alka (2007-10-10), Proposal for Encoding of Vaidika Character and Symbols in Unicode
L2/07-386Joshi, R. K. (2007-10-17), Comments on Comparison of proposed characters in Lata 2006 (L2/06-185) with Scharf and Everson WG2/n3290 (L2/07-230)
L2/07-388Joshi, R. K. (2007-10-17), Following observations have been made with reference to the document No. L2/07-095 dated: 2007-04-13
L2/07-343N3366Everson, Michael; Scharf, Peter; Angot, Michel; Chandrashekar, R.; Hyman, Malcolm; Rosenfield, Susan; Sastry, B. V. Venkatakrishna; Witzel, Michael (2007-10-18), Proposal to encode 55 characters for Vedic Sanskrit in the BMP of the UCS
L2/07-394Scharf, Peter (2007-10-18), Significant differences between L2/07-230 and L2/07-343
L2/07-395Joshi, R. K.; et al. (2007-10-18), Request for feedback on draft proposal for encoding Vaidika characters and symbols in Unicode
L2/07-397Joshi, R. K.; et al. (2007-10-18), Vaidika Vowels and Consonants
L2/07-400Scharf, Peter (2007-10-18), Comments on R. K. Joshi's documents L2/07-386 and L2/07-388
L2/07-401Scharf, Peter (2007-10-18), Equivalences between L2/07-396 and L2/07-343
L2/07-345Moore, Lisa (2007-10-25), "Consensus 113-C19", UTC #113 Minutes
L2/08-035Scharf, Peter; Rosenfield, Susan J. (2008-01-22), Vedic Revisions 2008 Jan 14, Revisions to N3366 = L2/07-343
L2/08-042Joshi, R. K. (2008-01-23), Proposal for Encoding of Vaidika Characters & Symbols in Unicode
L2/08-043Joshi, R. K. (2008-01-28), Vaidika Extensions A & B (Vedic evidence to accompany L2/08-042)
L2/08-092N3385Everson, Michael; Scharf, Peter (2008-01-31), Comparison between two Vedic proposals of January 2008
L2/08-097Amendments to L2/08-042, L2/08-043, 2008-01-31
L2/08-050RN3383REverson, Michael; Scharf, Peter (2008-03-06), Summary proposal to encode characters for Vedic in the BMP of the UCS
L2/08-096Joshi, R. K. (2008-02-02), Comparison of L2/08-042 and L2/08-050
L2/08-110Muller, Eric (2008-02-08), South Asia Subcommittee Report
L2/08-003Moore, Lisa (2008-02-14), "Vedic", UTC #114 Minutes
L2/08-176N3456RAnderson, Deborah (2008-04-18), Summary of Vedic Characters based on N3385, N3383R, and the Unicode Pipeline
L2/08-196Proposal for Encoding of Vaidika Sanskrit Characters & Symbols in the BMP of UCS, 2008-05-05
L2/08-216Scharf, Peter (2008-05-08), Comments on L2/08-196 regarding the encoding of Sanskrit and Vedic
L2/08-294Scharf, Peter (2008-08-06), Placement of characters in Vedic, Devanagari, and Devanagari Extended blocks
L2/08-317Muller, Eric (2008-08-11), "1.2, 1.3", South Asia Subcommittee Report
L2/08-318N3453 (pdf, doc)Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2008-08-13), "M52.18", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 52
L2/08-253R2Moore, Lisa (2008-08-19), "Vedic (B.15.2, E.1)", UTC #116 Minutes
L2/08-273R3N3488R3Everson, Michael; Scharf, Peter (2008-08-21), Proposal to encode two characters for Vedic in the UCS
L2/08-412N3553 (pdf, doc)Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2008-11-05), "M53.03", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 53
L2/09-067Lata, Swaran (2009-01-28), Encoding of Vaidika Sanskrit Characters & Symbols in the BMP of UCS
8.0U+A8FC1L2/12-147Anderson, Deborah; McGowan, Rick; Whistler, Ken (2012-04-25), "VIII. DEVANAGARI", Review of Indic-related L2 documents and Recommendations to the UTC
L2/12-123RN4260Pandey, Anshuman (2012-05-03), Proposal to Encode the Sign SIDDHAM for Devanagari
L2/12-343R2Moore, Lisa (2012-12-04), "Consensus 133-C13", UTC #133 Minutes
N4353 (pdf, doc)"M60.17", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 60, 2013-05-23
U+A8FD1L2/13-056N4408Pandey, Anshuman (2013-04-25), Proposal to Encode the Sign JAIN OM for Devanagari in ISO/IEC 10646
L2/13-086Anderson, Deborah; McGowan, Rick; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh (2013-04-26), "8", Recommendations to UTC on Script Proposals
L2/13-058Moore, Lisa (2013-06-12), "D.2", UTC #135 Minutes
N4403 (pdf, doc)Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2014-01-28), "10.3.9 Jain Om for Devanagar", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 61, Holiday Inn, Vilnius, Lithuania; 2013-06-10/14
11.0U+A8FE..A8FF2L2/15-335Pandey, Anshuman (2015-12-07), Proposal to encode the Devanagari letter and vowel sign AY
L2/16-037Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; McGowan, Rick; Pournader, Roozbeh; Glass, Andrew; Iancu, Laurențiu (2016-01-22), "2. Devanagari", Recommendations to UTC #146 January 2016 on Script Proposals
L2/16-004Moore, Lisa (2016-02-01), "D.7", UTC #146 Minutes
  1. Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

See also

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.
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