Ol Chiki (Unicode block)

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Ol Chiki
RangeU+1C50..U+1C7F
(48 code points)
PlaneBMP
ScriptsOl Chiki
Major alphabetsSantali
Assigned48 code points
Unused0 reserved code points
Unicode version history
5.1 (2008)48 (+48)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: [1][2]

Ol Chiki is a Unicode block containing characters of the Ol Chiki, or Ol Cemet' script used for writing the Santali language during the early 20th century.

Ol Chiki[1]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
U+1C5x
U+1C6x
U+1C7x ᱿
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 15.1

History[edit]

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

Version Final code points[a] Count L2 ID WG2 ID Document
5.1 U+1C50..1C7F 48 L2/99-060 N1956 Everson, Michael (1999-01-29), Proposal for encoding the Ol Cemet' script in the BMP of the UCS
L2/02-422 N2505 Everson, Michael; Hansdah, R. C.; Murmu, N. C. (2002-11-03), Revised proposal for encoding the Ol Chiki script in the UCS
L2/02-443 N2561 Raska, Divyendu; Marandi, Archer (2002-11-30), The need and practicalities to encode the 'Roman Script Santali' In the universal character set – a protest against efforts to encode the 'Ol Chiki' in the universal character set.
L2/02-453 N2562 Anderson, Deborah (2002-12-03), Response to Divyendu Raska
L2/02-456 Anderson, Deborah (2002-12-09), Comments on Ol Chiki/Summary of Report from West Bengal
L2/03-008 Raska, Divyendu Tudu (2002-12-16), Letter to Deborah Anderson re Santali
L2/03-007 Saren, Jyotsna (2002-12-19), General protest against hindering of OL CHIKI
L2/03-005 Anderson, Deborah (2002-12-30), Letter to D. Mardi
L2/03-006 Anderson, Deborah (2002-12-30), Letter to Hanuk Hansdak and Ezicheal Hembrom
L2/03-062 Anderson, Deborah (2003-02-23), Ol Chiki Correspondence Summary
L2/05-243R N2984R Everson, Michael (2005-09-05), Final proposal to encode the Ol Chiki script in the UCS
L2/05-270 Whistler, Ken (2005-09-21), "J. Old Chiki", WG2 Consent Docket (Sophia Antipolis)
L2/05-279 Moore, Lisa (2005-11-10), "Consensus 105-C31", UTC #105 Minutes
N2953 (pdf, doc) Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2006-02-16), "7.4.14", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 47, Sophia Antipolis, France; 2005-09-12/15
N3075 Anderson, Deborah (2006-04-10), Support for Ol Chiki (N2984R =L2/05‐243R)
L2/06-131 Anderson, Deborah (2006-04-12), Support for Ol Chiki
  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.