Cham (Unicode block)

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Cham
RangeU+AA00..U+AA5F
(96 code points)
PlaneBMP
ScriptsCham
Major alphabetsEastern Cham
Assigned83 code points
Unused13 reserved code points
Unicode version history
5.1 (2008)83 (+83)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: [1][2]

Cham is a Unicode block containing characters of the Cham script, which is used for writing the Cham language, primarily used for the Eastern dialect in Cambodia and Vietnam.

A separate block for Western Cham, used in Cambodia, was first proposed to Unicode in 2016. As of May 2022 it is still being finalized.[3]

Cham[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+AA0x
U+AA1x
U+AA2x
U+AA3x
U+AA4x
U+AA5x
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 Cham block:

Version Final code points[a] Count L2 ID WG2 ID Document
5.1 U+AA00..AA36, AA40..AA4D, AA50..AA59, AA5C..AA5F 83 N1126 Cham script [proposal summary form], 1994-10-14
N1203 Umamaheswaran, V. S.; Ksar, Mike (1995-05-03), "6.1.2.2", Unconfirmed minutes of SC2/WG2 Meeting 27, Geneva
L2/97-143 N1578 Everson, Michael (1997-04-06), Cham encoding discussion
L2/97-124 N1559 Everson, Michael (1997-05-01), Proposal for encoding the Cham script in ISO/IEC 10646
L2/97-288 N1603 Umamaheswaran, V. S. (1997-10-24), "8.22", Unconfirmed Meeting Minutes, WG 2 Meeting # 33, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, 20 June – 4 July 1997
L2/99-081 N1960 Everson, Michael (1999-02-01), Response to Ngo Trung Viet on feedback from Cham experts
N1997 Nhan, Ngo Than (1999-02-26), Response to Michael Everson
L2/06-257 N3120 Everson, Michael (2006-08-06), Proposal for encoding the Cham script in the BMP of the UCS
L2/06-231 Moore, Lisa (2006-08-17), "C.14", UTC #108 Minutes
N3153 (pdf, doc) Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2007-02-16), "M49.18", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 49 AIST, Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan; 2006-09-25/29
  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.
  3. ^ "ScriptSource - Entry - Unicode Status (Western Cham)".