Thaana is a Unicode block containing characters for the Thaana script used for writing the Dhivehi and Arabic languages in the Maldives.
| Thaana | |
|---|---|
| Range | U+0780..U+07BF (64 code points) |
| Plane | BMP |
| Scripts | Thaana |
| Major alphabets | Dhivehi |
| Assigned | 50 code points |
| Unused | 14 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 | ||||||||||||||||
History
editThe 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 | ||||
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References
edit- ^ "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
- ^ "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.