Limbu is a Unicode block containing characters for writing the Limbu language.

Limbu
RangeU+1900..U+194F
(80 code points)
PlaneBMP
ScriptsLimbu
Major alphabetsLimbu
Assigned68 code points
Unused12 reserved code points
Unicode version history
4.0 (2003)66 (+66)
7.0 (2014)68 (+2)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: [1][2]
Limbu[1][2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
U+190x
U+191x
U+192x
U+193x
U+194x
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 15.1
2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

History edit

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

Version Final code points[a] Count L2 ID WG2 ID Document
4.0 U+1900..191C, 1920..192B, 1930..193B, 1940, 1944..194F 66 L2/99-245 N2042 Everson, Michael; McGowan, Rick (1999-07-20), Unicode Technical Report #3: Early Aramaic, Balti, Kirat (Limbu), Manipuri (Meitei) and Tai Lü scripts
L2/01-137 Michailovsky, Boyd (2001-03-29), Draft proposal: Unicode Coding of the Limbu Script
L2/01-138 Michailovsky, Boyd (2001-03-29), Proposal summary form for Limbu
L2/01-231 N2339 Michailovsky, Boyd (2001-03-29), Proposal to encode Limbu in the BMP
L2/01-139 Michailovsky, Boyd (2001-03-30), Printed samples of Limbu Script
L2/01-184R Moore, Lisa (2001-06-18), "Motion 87-M5", Minutes from the UTC/L2 meeting
L2/02-055 N2410 Michailovsky, Boyd; Everson, Michael (2002-02-05), Revised proposal to encode the Limbu script in the UCS
L2/02-135 N2428-1 Sato, Takayuki K. (2002-03-25), Comments from Limbu experts on n2339
L2/02-136 N2428-2 Nembang, Til Bikram; Pokharel, Madhav Prasad; Kurumbang, Dilendra; Limbu, Kumar (2002-04-09), Comments on the "Proposal to encode Limbu in the UCS"
L2/02-137 N2428-3 Limbu, Kumar (2002-04-09), Limbu Examples
L2/02-154 N2403 Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2002-04-22), "7.5", Draft minutes of WG 2 meeting 41, Hotel Phoenix, Singapore, 2001-10-15/19
L2/02-070 Moore, Lisa (2002-08-26), "Consensus 90-C10", Minutes for UTC #90
L2/03-253 Kai, Daniel (2003-08-13), Lepcha, Limbu, Syloti, Saurashtra, Tai Le and Bugis Proposals
L2/03-255 Kai, Daniel (2003-08-13), Introduction to the Limbu Script
7.0 U+191D..191E 2 L2/11-008 N3975 Pandey, Anshuman (2011-01-14), Proposal to Encode the Letters GYAN and TRA for Limbu in the UCS
L2/11-042 Anderson, Deborah; McGowan, Rick; Whistler, Ken (2011-02-02), "2. Limbu", Review of Indic related L2 documents and Recommendations to the UTC
L2/11-016 Moore, Lisa (2011-02-15), "D.7", UTC #126 / L2 #223 Minutes
N4103 "11.2.12 Limbu Letters GYAN and TRA", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 58, 2012-01-03
  1. ^ Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

References edit

  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.