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Multani (Unicode block)

Multani is a Unicode block containing characters used for writing the Multani alphabet, a Brahmic script used in the Multan region of Punjab and in northern Sindh in Pakistan. The script is now obsolete, but was historically used to write the Saraiki language.

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Multani
RangeU+11280..U+112AF
(48 code points)
PlaneSMP
ScriptsMultani
Major alphabetsMultani
Assigned38 code points
Unused10 reserved code points
Unicode version history
8.0 (2015)38 (+38)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: 12

Multani is a Unicode block containing characters used for writing the Multani alphabet, a Brahmic script used in the Multan region of Punjab and in northern Sindh in Pakistan. The script is now obsolete, but was historically used to write the Saraiki language.3

Multani[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+1128x 𑊀‎ 𑊁‎ 𑊂‎ 𑊃‎ 𑊄‎ 𑊅‎ 𑊆‎ 𑊈‎ 𑊊‎ 𑊋‎ 𑊌‎ 𑊍‎ 𑊏‎
U+1129x 𑊐‎ 𑊑‎ 𑊒‎ 𑊓‎ 𑊔‎ 𑊕‎ 𑊖‎ 𑊗‎ 𑊘‎ 𑊙‎ 𑊚‎ 𑊛‎ 𑊜‎ 𑊝‎ 𑊟‎
U+112Ax 𑊠‎ 𑊡‎ 𑊢‎ 𑊣‎ 𑊤‎ 𑊥‎ 𑊦‎ 𑊧‎ 𑊨‎ 𑊩‎
Notes
1.^As of Unicode version 17.0
2.^Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

History

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

Version Final code pointsa Count L2 ID WG2 ID Document
8.0 U+11280..11286, 11288, 1128A..1128D, 1128F..1129D, 1129F..112A9 38 L2/10-011R N3766 Pandey, Anshuman (2010-02-09), A Roadmap for Scripts of the Landa Family
L2/10-013 N3768 Pandey, Anshuman (2010-02-09), Preliminary Proposal to Encode the Landa Script in ISO/IEC 10646
L2/11-124 N4027 Pandey, Anshuman (2011-04-26), Preliminary Proposal to Encode the Multani Script
L2/12-316 N4159 Pandey, Anshuman (2012-09-25), Proposal to Encode the Multani Script in ISO/IEC 10646
L2/12-343R2 Moore, Lisa (2012-12-04), "Consensus 133-C20", UTC #133 Minutes
N4353 (pdf, doc) "M60.10", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 60, 2013-05-23
  1. Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names
References

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. Pandey, Anshuman (2012-09-25). "N4159: Proposal to Encode the Multani Script in ISO/IEC 10646" (PDF). Working Group Document, ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2.