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Lepcha (Unicode block)

Lepcha is a Unicode block containing characters for writing the Lepcha language of Sikkim and West Bengal, India.

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Lepcha
RangeU+1C00..U+1C4F
(80 code points)
PlaneBMP
ScriptsLepcha
Major alphabetsLepcha
Assigned74 code points
Unused6 reserved code points
Unicode version history
5.1 (2008)74 (+74)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: 12

Lepcha is a Unicode block containing characters for writing the Lepcha language of Sikkim and West Bengal, India.

Lepcha[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+1C0x ᰀ‎ ᰁ‎ ᰂ‎ ᰃ‎ ᰄ‎ ᰅ‎ ᰆ‎ ᰇ‎ ᰈ‎ ᰉ‎ ᰊ‎ ᰋ‎ ᰌ‎ ᰍ‎ ᰎ‎ ᰏ‎
U+1C1x ᰐ‎ ᰑ‎ ᰒ‎ ᰓ‎ ᰔ‎ ᰕ‎ ᰖ‎ ᰗ‎ ᰘ‎ ᰙ‎ ᰚ‎ ᰛ‎ ᰜ‎ ᰝ‎ ᰞ‎ ᰟ‎
U+1C2x ᰠ‎ ᰡ‎ ᰢ‎ ᰣ‎ ᰤ‎ ᰥ‎ ᰦ‎ ᰧ‎ ᰨ‎ ᰩ‎ ᰪ‎ ᰫ‎ ᰬ‎ ᰭ‎ ᰮ‎ ᰯ‎
U+1C3x ᰰ‎ ᰱ‎ ᰲ‎ ᰳ‎ ᰴ‎ ᰵ‎ ᰶ‎ ᰷‎ ᰻‎ ᰼‎ ᰽‎ ᰾‎ ᰿‎
U+1C4x ᱀‎ ᱁‎ ᱂‎ ᱃‎ ᱄‎ ᱅‎ ᱆‎ ᱇‎ ᱈‎ ᱉‎ ᱍ‎ ᱎ‎ ᱏ‎
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 Lepcha block:

Version Final code pointsa Count UTC ID L2 ID WG2 ID Document
5.1 U+1C00..1C37, 1C3B..1C49, 1C4D..1C4F 74 UTC/1991-101 McGowan, Rick (1991-10-24), Róng (Lepcha) block description and chart draft
L2/99-067 Everson, Michael (1999-02-11), Lepcha script (RÓNG)
L2/03-253 Kai, Daniel (2003-08-13), Lepcha, Limbu, Syloti, Saurashtra, Tai Le and Bugis Proposals
L2/03-259 Kai, Daniel (2003-08-13), Introduction to the Lepcha Script
L2/04-397 Vikas, Om (2004-10-28), Proposal to encode Lepcha
L2/05-061R Everson, Michael (2005-02-04), Analysis of Indian proposal to encode Lepcha script in the UCS
L2/05-158R N2947R Everson, Michael (2005-06-15), Proposal for encoding the Lepcha Script in the BMP of the UCS
L2/05-180 Moore, Lisa (2005-08-17), "Lepcha (C.1)", UTC #104 Minutes
L2/05-270 Whistler, Ken (2005-09-21), "I. Lepcha /ng/", WG2 Consent Docket (Sophia Antipolis)
N2953 (pdf, doc) Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2006-02-16), "7.4.4", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 47, Sophia Antipolis, France; 2005-09-12/15
L2/06-220 Letter from Government of Sikkim regarding Lepcha Encoding, 2006-05-12
L2/06-108 Moore, Lisa (2006-05-25), "Consensus 107-C34", UTC #107 Minutes, Accept U+1C35 LEPCHA CONSONANT SIGN KANG for encoding in a future version of the standard.
L2/06-231 Moore, Lisa (2006-08-17), "C.1", UTC #108 Minutes
L2/11-305 Priest, Lorna A. (2011-07-27), Lepcha Encoding model feedback
  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.