Ethiopic
RangeU+1200..U+137F
(384 code points)
PlaneBMP
ScriptsEthiopic
Major alphabetsGeʽez
Assigned358 code points
Unused26 reserved code points
Unicode version history
3.0 (1999)345 (+345)
4.1 (2005)356 (+11)
6.0 (2010)358 (+2)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: [1][2]

Ethiopic is a Unicode block containing characters for writing the Geʽez, Tigrinya, Amharic, Tigre, Harari, Gurage and other Ethiosemitic languages and Central Cushitic languages or Agaw languages.

Block

Ethiopic[1][2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
 0123456789ABCDEF
U+120x
U+121x
U+122x
U+123x
U+124x
U+125x
U+126x
U+127x
U+128x
U+129x
U+12Ax
U+12Bx
U+12Cx
U+12Dx
U+12Ex
U+12Fx
U+130x
U+131x
U+132x
U+133x
U+134x
U+135x
U+136x
U+137x
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 15.1
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 Ethiopic block:

VersionFinal code points[lower-alpha 1]CountUTC IDL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
3.0U+1200..1206, 1208..1246, 1248, 124A..124D, 1250..1256, 1258, 125A..125D, 1260..1286, 1288, 128A..128D, 1290..12AE, 12B0, 12B2..12B5, 12B8..12BE, 12C0, 12C2..12C5, 12C8..12CE, 12D0..12D6, 12D8..12EE, 12F0..130E, 1310, 1312..1315, 1318..131E, 1320..1346, 1348..135A, 1361..137C345UTC/1991-043Becker, Joe, Ethiopian
X3L2/92-143N807Mann, Michael; Ross, Hugh McGregor (1992-05-14), Comments on Ethiopian Script
UTC/1995-013Becker, Joe (1995-02-26), Proposal for Ethiopian Encoding in Unicode/10646
N1165Everson, Michael (1995-03-11), Names of Ethiopian characters
UTC/1995-055bYacob, Daniel (1995-10-06), Ethiopic Glyphs Variants
X3L2/95-116N1270Ross, Hugh McGregor (1995-10-12), Proposal for Inclusion of Ethiopian-Eritrean Syllabary
UTC/1995-055aX3L2/95-134N1326Becker, Joe (1995-12-07), Conclusive Proposal for Encoding of Ethiopic Syllabary
UTC/1996-002Aliprand, Joan; Hart, Edwin; Greenfield, Steve (1996-03-05), "Ethiopic", UTC #67 Minutes
N1372Ross, Hugh McGregor (1996-04-23), Update on N 1270 and N 1326 - Ethiopic
UTC/1996-024X3L2/96-067Everson, Michael; Becker, Joe (1996-06-04), Michael Everson Response to SOAS
UTC/1996-025Becker, Joe, Follow up response to WG2 N1326 re Encoding of Ethiopic Syllabary
N1353Umamaheswaran, V. S.; Ksar, Mike (1996-06-25), "8.4", Draft minutes of WG2 Copenhagen Meeting # 30
N1420Becker, Joe (1996-07-27), Conclusive Proposal for Encoding of Ethiopic Syllabary, Update
X3L2/96-119N1485Adams, Glenn (1996-12-01), Proposed Draft Amendment No. 10 to ISO/IEC 10646-1
N1453Ksar, Mike; Umamaheswaran, V. S. (1996-12-06), "8.5", WG 2 Minutes - Quebec Meeting 31
X3L2/96-123Aliprand, Joan; Winkler, Arnold (1996-12-18), "6.2.3", Preliminary Minutes - UTC #71 & X3L2 #168 ad hoc meeting, San Diego - December 5-6, 1996
L2/97-003Paterson, Bruce (1997-01-28), Combined PDAM registration and ballot for FPDAM 10: Ethiopic script
N1594Summary of Voting/Table of Replies, Amendment 10 – Ethiopic, 1997-06-17
L2/97-159N1614Resolving Japanese Comments on pDAM 10 [Ethiopic], 1997-07-01
L2/97-288N1603Umamaheswaran, V. S. (1997-10-24), "6.2", Unconfirmed Meeting Minutes, WG 2 Meeting # 33, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, 20 June - 4 July 1997
L2/97-276N1630Report on JTC1/SC2 letter ballot on FPDAM No. 10 to ISO/IEC 10646-1 (Ethiopic Script), 1997-12-01
L2/98-018Disposition of Comments Report on Document SC 2 N 2805, Combined PDAM Registration and FPDAM ballot: Amendment 10: Ethioptic Script, 1998-01-14
L2/98-316Notices of publication for various amendments and standards
L2/99-122Clews, John (1999-03-31), Ordering labio-velar characters in Ethiopic
L2/00-282Everson, Michael (2000-08-25), Proposed glyph fixes for Ethiopic pages in ISO/IEC 10646-1:2000
4.1U+1207, 1247, 1287, 12AF, 12CF, 12EF, 130F, 131F, 1347, 135F..136011UTC/1991-026X3L2/91-024Anderson, Lloyd (1991-02-26), On the Extended Ethiopic Alphabet
L2/98-300N1846Everson, Michael; Yacob, Daniel (1998-09-11), Proposal to encode Ethiopic Extensions in the BMP of ISO/IEC 10646
L2/04-143N2747Yacob, Daniel (2004-04-23), Revision of the N1846 Proposal to add Extended Ethiopic to the BMP of the UCS
L2/04-265RN2814REverson, Michael; Yacob, Daniel (2004-06-18), Revisions proposed to N2747 (Extended Ethiopic)
L2/11-261R2Moore, Lisa (2011-08-16), "Consensus 128-C6", UTC #128 / L2 #225 Minutes, Change the general category from "So" to "Po" ... [U+1360]
6.0U+135D..135E2L2/09-050RN3572Priest, Lorna (2009-02-05), Proposal to Encode Additional Ethiopic Characters
L2/09-003RMoore, Lisa (2009-02-12), "B.15.16", UTC #118 / L2 #215 Minutes
L2/09-234N3603 (pdf, doc)Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2009-07-08), "M54.11", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 54
  1. Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

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.
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