Documents

This repository lists the documents associated with my script and character encoding projects. These documents contain detailed histories of writing systems, descriptions of orthographies, examples of usage, and encoding models, and implementation details. All of my contributions are based upon original research that I have performed in archives, in the field, and through native user collaboration. In several cases, my document may be the only English language resource for a given script or character.

Angka bejagung

See “Rejang Numbers”

Elamite

See “Proto-Elamite”

Elymaic

Preliminary proposal to encode the Elymaic script in Unicode (L2/17-055)
Proposal to encode the Elymaic script in Unicode (L2/17-226R)

Emoji - auto rickshaw (tuk tuk)

Proposal to encode rickshaw symbols in Unicode (L2/15-330)
Proposal to encode the AUTO RICKSHAW emoji (L2/18-086)

Emoji - diya

Proposal to encode the ‘Diya’ symbol in Unicode (L2/15-326)
Proposal to encode the DIYA emoji (L2/17-356)

Emoji - mic drop

Proposal to encode the MIC DROP emoji (L2/17-389)

Emoji - nazar amulet

Proposal to encode the ‘Nazar’ symbol in Unicode (L2/15-315)

Eskaya

Additional Information on the Eskaya Script of the Philippines (L2/13-229 N4499)

Evela Akuru

See “Dives Akuru”

Gangga Malayu

Preliminary Proposal to Encode the Gangga Malayu Script (N3798 L2/10-173)
Proposal to Encode the Gangga Malayu Script in ISO/IEC 10646 (N3959 L2/11-151)

Garay (Wolof)

Introducing the Wolof Alphabet of Assane Faye (N4044 L2/11-181)

Gujarati

Proposal to Encode An Abbreviation Sign for Gujarati (N3764 L2/09-330)
Proposal to Deprecate GUJARATI RUPEE SIGN (L2/09-331)
Proposal to Encode Gujarati Signs for the Transliteration of Arabic in ISO/IEC 10646 (N4574 L2/15103R)
Revised Proposal to Encode Gujarati Signs for the Transliteration of Arabic (L2/15-103)

Gunjala Gondi

Preliminary Proposal to Encode the Gunjala Gondi Script in Unicode (L2/15-086)
Proposal to Encode the Gunjala Gondi Script in Unicode (L2/15-235)

Hanifi Rohingya

Preliminary Proposal to Encode the Rohingya Script (N4283 L2/12-214)
Proposal to encode the Hanifi Rohingya script in Unicode (L2/15-278R)
Revised proposal to encode Hanifi Rohingya in Unicode (L2/16-311R)

Indic Siyaq Numbers (Raqm)

Raqm Numerals: A Model for Encoding Numerals of the Siyaq System of South Asia (N4117 L2/09-148)
Preliminary Proposal to Encode Indic Siyaq Numbers in the UCS (N4123 L2/11-270)
Proposal to Encode Indic Siyaq Numbers in Unicode (L2/15-121R2)

Jenticha (Koinch Brehs)

Preliminary Proposal to Encode the Jenticha Script in ISO/IEC 10646 (N3962 L2/10-466R)
Proposal to Encode the Jenticha Script in ISO/IEC 10646 (N4028 L2/11-218)

Kaithi

Proposal to Encode the Kaithi Script in ISO/IEC 10646 (N3389 L2/07-418)
Request for removal of digits from Kaithi proposal (N3389) (N3438)
Proposal to Add Three Kaithi Punctuation Marks (N3544)
Proposal to Encode Section Marks for Kaithi in ISO/IEC 10646 (N3574)

Kamatpuri

Comments on the Proposal to Encode Characters for the Kamatapuri Language (L2/09-098) (L2/09-121)

Kawi

Preliminary Proposal to Encode the Kawi Script (N4266 L2/12-125)

Kerinci

Preliminary proposal to encode the Kerinci script in Unicode (L2/16-074)

Khambu Rai

Introducing the Khambu-Rai Script (N4018 L2/11-105)

Khatt-i Baburi

Introducing ‘Khatt-i Baburi’ or the ‘Script of Babur’ (N4130 L2/11-341)

Khema (Tamu Khema Phri) / Gurung

Introducing the Khema Script for Writing Gurung (N4019 L2/11-106)

Khojki

Proposal to Encode the Khojki Script in ISO/IEC 10646 (N3596 L2/09-101)
Revised Proposal to Encode the Khojki Script in ISO/IEC 10646 (N3883 L2/10-326)
Final Proposal to Encode the Khojki Script in ISO/IEC 10646 (N3978 L2/11-021)
Proposal to Encode the Khojki Sign SUKUN in ISO/IEC 10646 (N4575 L2/14-133)

Khudawadi

Preliminary Proposal to Encode the Sindhi Script in ISO/IEC 10646 (N3767 L2/10-012)
Proposal to Encode the Sindhi Script in ISO/IEC 10646 (N3871R L2/10-271R)
Request to Rename ‘Sindhi’ to ‘Khudawadi’ (N3957 L2/10-420)
Final Proposal to Encode the Khudawadi Script in ISO/IEC 10646 (N3979 L2/11-022)

Kirat Rai

Introducing the Kirat Rai Script (N4037 L2/11-145)

Kulitan (Sulat Kapampangan)

Towards an encoding for Kulitan in Unicode (L2/15-232)

Latin

Proposal to Encode Latin Letters for the Transliteration of Indic Vocalic Letters (N4494 L2/13-204)

Lampung

Preliminary proposal to encode the Lampung script in Unicode (L2/16-073)

Landa

A Roadmap for Scripts of the Landa Family (N3766 L2/10-011)
Preliminary Proposal to Encode the Landa Script in ISO/IEC 10646 (N3768 L2/10-013)

Limbu

Proposal to Encode the Letters GYAN and TRA for Limbu in the UCS (N3975 L2/11-008)

Magar Akkha

Introducing the Magar Akkha Script (N4036 L2/11-144)

Mahajani

Preliminary Proposal to Encode the Mahajani Script in ISO/IEC 10646 (N3930 L2/10-377)
Proposal to Encode the Mahajani Script in ISO/IEC 10646 (N4126 L2/11-274)

Makasar (Ukiri jangang-jangang, Makassarese Bird Script)

Preliminary Proposal to Encode the Makassarese Bird Script in Unicode (L2/15-100)
Proposal to Encode the Old Makassarese Script in Unicode (L2/15-179)
Proposal to encode the Makasar script in Unicode (L2/15-233)

Masaram Gondi

Preliminary Proposal to Encode the Gondi Script in the UCS (N3841 L2/10-207)
Revised Preliminary Proposal to Encode the Gondi Script (N4291 L2/12-235)
Proposal to Encode the Gondi Script in Unicode (L2/15-005)
Proposal to Encode the Masaram Gondi Script in Unicode (L2/15-090R)

Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs

Proposal to Encode ‘Shiva Linga’ Symbols in Unicode (L2/15-093)
Proposal to Encode Symbols of Jainism in Unicode (L2/15-097)
Proposal to Encode the ‘Atashdan’ Symbol in Unicode (L2/15-105)
Proposal to Encode the ‘Parsapen’ Symbol in Unicode (L2/15-111)
Proposal to encode chakra symbols in Unicode (L2/15-307)
Proposal to encode the ‘Hamsa’ symbol in Unicode (L2/15-309)

Modi

Preliminary Proposal to Encode the Modi Script in ISO/IEC 10646 (L2/09-249)
Revised Code Chart and Names List for the Modi Script (N3780 L2/10-084)
Proposal to Encode the Modi Script in ISO/IEC 10646 (N4034 L2/11-212R2)

Mongolian scripts

See “Soyombo” and “Zanabazar Square”
Response to Mongolian and Japanese comments on Soyombo and Zanabazar Square (L2/15-094)
Comments on L2/15-249 regarding Soyombo and Zanabazar Square punctuation (L2/15336)

Multani

Preliminary Proposal to Encode the Multani Script in ISO/IEC 10646 (N4027 L2/11-124)
Proposal to Encode the Multani Script in ISO/IEC 10646 (N4159 L2/12-316)

Nandinagari

Preliminary Proposal to Encode Nandinagari in ISO/IEC 10646 (N4389 L2/13-002)
Proposal to encode Nandinagari in Unicode (L2/16-002)
Revised proposal to encode Nandinagari in Unicode (L2/16-310)
Towards an encoding model for Nandinagari conjuncts (L2/17-119)
Final proposal to encode Nandinagari in Unicode (L2/17-162)

Newa (Newar, Prachalit Nepal Lipi)

Preliminary Proposal to Encode the Prachalit Nepal Script in ISO/IEC 10646 (N4038 L2/11-152)
Proposal to Encode the Newar Script in ISO/IEC 10646 (N4184 L2/12-003)
Response to the Recommendation for Nepalese Scripts in L2/14-253 (N4602 L2/14-258)
Specimen Showing Representation of Murmured Consonants in the Newar Script (N4552 L2/14-290)

Old Sogdian

Preliminary Proposal to Encode the Old Sogdian Script in Unicode (L2/15-089R)
Proposal to encode the Old Sogdian script in Unicode (L2/16-312R)

Old Turkic

Proposal to encode the Old Turkic ligature ‘ORKHON CI’ (L2/19-069)

Old Uyghur

Preliminary proposal to encode Old Uyghur in Unicode (L2/18-126)
Proposal to encode Old Uyghur in Unicode (L2/18-333)
Revised proposal to encode Old Uyghur in Unicode (L2/20-003)
Final proposal to encode Old Uyghur in Unicode (L2/20-191)

Oriya

Proposal to Encode Oriya Fractions in ISO/IEC 10646 (N3471 L2/08-199R)

Ottoman Siyaq Numbers

A Model for Encoding the Ottoman Siyaq Numerals (N4118 L2/09-166)
Preliminary Proposal to Encode Ottoman Siyaq Numbers in the UCS (N4124 L2/11-271)
Proposal to Encode Ottoman Siyaq Numbers in Unicode (L2/15-072R2)
Unification of ‘Diwani’ and ‘Ottoman’ Siyaq Numbers (L2/15-340)
Proposal to Encode Arabic Siyaq Numbers in Unicode (L2/16-017)
Proposal to Encode Ottoman Siyaq Numbers in Unicode (L2/17-348)

Pallava

Preliminary proposal to encode Pallava in Unicode (L2/18-083)

Pau Cin Hau Alphabet

Preliminary Proposal to Encode the Pau Cin Hau Script in ISO/IEC 10646 (N3781 L2/10-080)
Defining Properties for Tone Marks of the Pau Cin Hau Script (N3784 L2/10-092)
Allocating the Pau Cin Hau Scripts in the Unicode Roadmap (N3865 L2/10-073)
Preliminary Proposal to Encode the Pau Cin Hau Alphabet in ISO/IEC 10646 (N3960 L2/10-437)
Proposal to Encode the Pau Cin Hau Alphabet in ISO/IEC 10646 (N4017 L2/11-104R)
Proposal to Change the Names for Some Pau Cin Hau Characters (N4129 L2/11-287)

Pau Cin Hau Syllabary

Introducing the Logographic Script of Pau Cin Hau (N3961 L2/10-438)
Preliminary Code Chart for the Pau Cin Hau Syllabary (N4412)
Revised code chart for the Pau Cin Hau Syllabary (L2/16-014)

Persian Siyaq Numbers

Preliminary Proposal to Encode Persian Siyaq Numbers in the UCS (N4125 L2/11-272)
Proposal to Encode Persian Siyaq Numbers in Unicode (L2/15-122R)

Proto-Canaanite

See “Proto-Sinaitic”

Proto-Elamite

Preliminary proposal to encode Proto-Elamite in Unicode (L2/20-192)

Proto-Sinaitic

Revisiting the encoding of Proto-Sinaitic in Unicode (L2/19-299)

Pungchen (sPungs-chen)

Preliminary proposal to encode the Pungchen script in Unicode (L2/17-181)

Pyu

Preliminary Code Chart and Names List for the Pyu Script (N3874 L2/10-295)

Ranjana / Lantsa

Towards an encoding for Ranjana and Lantsa (L2/16-015)

Rejang Numbers (Angka bejagung)

Preliminary proposal to encode Rejang Numbers in Unicode (L2/18-081)

Rohingya

See “Hanifi Rohingya”

Sharada

Request to Allocate the Sharada Script in the Unicode Roadmap (N3245 L2/05-377)
Proposal to Encode the Sharada Script in ISO/IEC 10646 (N3595 L2/09-074R2)
Proposal to Encode the Sign EKAM for Sharada in ISO/IEC 10646 (N4158 L2/11-430)
Proposal to Encode Signs for Writing Kashmiri in Sharada (N4265 L2/12-124)
Proposal to Encode the SUTRA MARK for Sharada (N4269 L2/12-171)
Proposal to Encode the CONTINUATION SIGN for Sharada (N4329 L2/12-319)
Proposal to Encode the SANDHI MARK for Sharada (N4330 L2/12-322)
Proposal to Encode the Sign SIDDHAM for Sharada (N4331 L2/12-318)
Proposal to Encode the HEADSTROKE for Sharada (N4337 L2/12-324)
Proposal to Encode Section Marks for Sharada (N4338 L2/12-325)
Proposal to Encode the BAKHSHALI MINUS SIGN for Sharada (N4416)
Request to reallocate some recently-approved Sharada characters (N4417 L2/13-074)
Proposal to encode the INVERTED CANDRABINDU for Sharada (L2/17-428)

Sidetic

Introducing the Sidetic Script (L2/19-106)

Siddham

Preliminary Proposal to Encode the Siddham Script in ISO/IEC 10646 (N4185 L2/12-011R)
Proposal to Encode the Siddham Script in ISO/IEC 10646 (N4294 L2/12-234)
Proposal to Encode Section Marks for Siddham in ISO/IEC 10646 (N4336 L2/12-323)
Proposal to Encode a Set of Digits for Siddham (N4467 L2/13-135)
Additional Siddham Variants (N4468 L2/13-136)
A Practical Approach to Encoding Siddham Variants (N4490 L2/13-195)

Sinaitic

See “Proto-Sinaitic”

Sirmauri (includes Jaunsari)

Preliminary Proposal to encode Sirmauri in Unicode (L2/18-085)

Siyaq Numbers

Proposal to Encode Siyaq Numerals in ISO/IEC 10646 (L2/07-414)
Also see documents listed under the following headings
- Diwani Siyaq Numbers
- Indic Siyaq Numbers
- Ottoman Siyaq Numbers
- Persian Siyaq Numbers

Sogdian

Preliminary proposal to encode Sogdian in Unicode (L2/16-158)
Revised proposal to encode the Sogdian script in Unicode (L2/16-371R2)
Also see documents listed under “Old Sogdian”

Soyombo

Preliminary Proposal to Encode the Soyombo Script in ISO/IEC 10646 (N3949 L2/10-399)
Determining the Encoding Model for Soyombo Vowels (N3986 L2/11-054)
Revised Preliminary Proposal to Encode Soyombo in the UCS (N4026 L2/11-125)
Proposal to Encode the Soyombo Script in ISO/IEC 10646 (N4142 L2/11-412)
Revised Proposal to Encode the Soyombo Script in ISO/IEC 10646 (N4414 L2/13-069)
Proposal to Encode the Soyombo Script in Unicode (L2/15-004R)
Revised code chart and names list for Soyombo (L2/15-247)
Proposal to encode JIHVAMULIYA and UPADHMANIYA for Soyombo (L2/15-331)
Proposal to encode the Soyombo mark PLUTA (L2/16-016)
Proposal to encode JIHVAMULIYA and UPADHMANIYA for Soyombo (L2/17-235)

Sumbawa (Satera Jontal)

Representing Sumbawa in Unicode (L2/16-096)

Supplementary Multilingual Plane

With Roozbeh Pournader. Allocating additional space for right-to-left characters in the SMP (L2/09-193)

Symbol - Fravahar

Proposal to Encode the ‘Fravahar’ Symbol in Unicode (L2/15-099)
Proposal to encode the Zoroastrian symbol ‘Fravahar’ in Unicode (L2/19-067)

Syriac

Preliminary proposal to encode Syriac letters for Garshuni Malayalam (L2/15-088)
Proposal to encode Syriac letters for Garshuni Malayalam (L2/15-156)

Takri

Proposal to Encode the Takri Script in ISO/IEC 10646 (N3758 L2/09-424)

Tangsa (Mossang, Khimhun)

Introducing Latsam Khimhun’s Script for Tangsa (N4497 L2/13-230)
Introducing Lakhum Mossang’s Script for Tangsa (N4496 L2/13-231)

Tani Lipi

Preliminary Proposal to Encode Tani Lipi in the UCS (N3823 L2/10-146)

Tikamuli (Sunuwar)

Preliminary Proposal to Encode the Tikamuli Script in ISO/IEC 10646 (N3963 L2/10-465R)

Tirhuta (Mithilakshar, Maithili)

Request to Allocate the Maithili Script in the Unicode Roadmap (L2/06-226)
Towards an Encoding for the Maithili Script in ISO/IEC 10646 (N3765 L2/09-329)
Proposal to Encode the Tirhuta Script in ISO/IEC 10646 (N4035 L2/11-175R)

Tolong Siki

Preliminary Proposal to Encode the Tolong Siki Script in the UCS (N3811 L2/10-106)

Unicode Character Database

Indic characters without syllabic category assignments (L2/17-121)
New categories for Indic characters (L2/17-148)

Uyghur (Uigur, Uygur)

See “Old Uighur”

Vatteluttu

Preliminary proposal to encode Vatteluttu in Unicode (L2/16-068)

Vedic Extensions

Proposal to encode a nasal character in Vedic Extensions (L2/17-117R)

Vexillology Symbols

Preliminary proposal to encode Vexillology Symbols in Unicode (L2/17-089)

Zanabazar Square

Preliminary Proposal to Encode Xawtaa Dorboljin in ISO/IEC 10646 (N3956 L2/10-411)
Preliminary Proposal to Encode the Mongolian Square Script in ISO/IEC 10646 (N4041 L2/11-162)
Revised Preliminary Proposal to Encode the Mongolian Square Script (N4160 L2/11-379)
Proposal to Encode the Mongolian Square Script in ISO/IEC 10646 (N4413 L2/13-068)
Revised Proposal to Encode the Mongolian Square Script in ISO/IEC 10646 (N4471 L2/13-198)
Proposal to Encode the Zanabazar Square Script in ISO/IEC 10646 (N4541R L2/14-024R)
Revised code chart and names list for Zanabazar Square (L2/15-246)
Proposal to encode additional head marks for Zanabazar Square (L2/15-341)
Proposal to encode a SUBJOINER for Zanabazar Square (L2/15-342)
Proposal to Encode the Zanabazar Square Script in ISO/IEC 10646 (revised) (L2/15-337)

Zou (Zolai)

Introducing the Zou Script (N3864R L2/10-254R)