Thaana (Unicode block)

Summary

Thaana is a Unicode block containing characters for the Thaana script used for writing the Dhivehi and Arabic languages in the Maldives.

Thaana
RangeU+0780..U+07BF
(64 code points)
PlaneBMP
ScriptsThaana
Major alphabetsDhivehi
Assigned50 code points
Unused14 reserved code points
Unicode version history
3.0 (1999)49 (+49)
3.2 (2002)50 (+1)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: [1][2]
Thaana[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+078x ހ ށ ނ ރ ބ ޅ ކ އ ވ މ ފ ދ ތ ލ ގ ޏ
U+079x ސ ޑ ޒ ޓ ޔ ޕ ޖ ޗ ޘ ޙ ޚ ޛ ޜ ޝ ޞ ޟ
U+07Ax ޠ ޡ ޢ ޣ ޤ ޥ ަ ާ ި ީ ު ޫ ެ ޭ ޮ ޯ
U+07Bx ް ޱ
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 Thaana block:

Version Final code points[a] Count UTC ID L2 ID WG2 ID Document
3.0 U+0780..07B0 49 UTC/1991-100 McGowan, Rick (1991-10-25), Maldivian (Dihevi) block description and chart draft
L2/97-036 N1519R Everson, Michael (1997-05-30), Proposal for encoding the Thaana script in ISO/IEC 10646
L2/97-197 Jenkins, John; Everson, Michael (1997-05-30), Thaana proposal
L2/97-288 N1603 Umamaheswaran, V. S. (1997-10-24), "8.16", Unconfirmed Meeting Minutes, WG 2 Meeting # 33, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, 20 June – 4 July 1997
L2/97-255R Aliprand, Joan (1997-12-03), "Maldividan (Thaana)", Approved Minutes – UTC #73 & L2 #170 joint meeting, Palo Alto, CA – August 4-5, 1997
L2/98-161 N1699 Everson, Michael (1998-03-10), Thaana new code chart and name list
L2/98-173 Text for PDAM registration and consideration ballot for ISO 10646-1 Amendment 24 - Thaana, 1998-05-11
L2/98-158 Aliprand, Joan; Winkler, Arnold (1998-05-26), "Thaana", Draft Minutes – UTC #76 & NCITS Subgroup L2 #173 joint meeting, Tredyffrin, Pennsylvania, April 20-22, 1998
L2/98-286 N1703 Umamaheswaran, V. S.; Ksar, Mike (1998-07-02), "8.16", Unconfirmed Meeting Minutes, WG 2 Meeting #34, Redmond, WA, USA; 1998-03-16--20
N1834 Summary of Voting/Table of Replies - Amendment 24 - Thaana, 1998-08-27
L2/98-323 N1909 ISO/IEC 10646-1/FPDAM 24, AMENDMENT 24: Thaana, 1998-10-23
L2/99-010 N1903 (pdf, html, doc) Umamaheswaran, V. S. (1998-12-30), "6.7.7", Minutes of WG 2 meeting 35, London, U.K.; 1998-09-21--25
L2/99-232 N2003 Umamaheswaran, V. S. (1999-08-03), "6.2.7 FPDAM24 – Thaana script", Minutes of WG 2 meeting 36, Fukuoka, Japan, 1999-03-09--15
3.2 U+07B1 1 L2/00-120 Nelson, Paul; Beam, Paul; Gadir, Mohamen Abdul (2000-04-07), Proposal to add characters for use with Thaana Script (Divehi language)
L2/00-115R2 Moore, Lisa (2000-08-08), "Thaana", Minutes Of UTC Meeting #83
L2/00-187 Moore, Lisa (2000-08-23), "Motion 84-M5", UTC minutes -- Boston, August 8-11, 2000
L2/00-328 N2264 Whistler, Ken (2000-09-19), Proposal for Encoding Thaana letter Naa in the BMP
L2/01-050 N2253 Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2001-01-21), "Resolution M39.21 (Thaana Letter Naa)", Minutes of the SC2/WG2 meeting in Athens, September 2000
  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.