Proposal for encoding the Inscriptional Parthian, Inscriptional Pahlavi, and Psalter Pahlavi scripts in the SMP of the UCS

This is a proposal to encode Inscriptional Parthian and Inscriptional Pahlavi in the international character encoding standard Unicode. The scripts were published in Unicode Standard version 5.2 in October 2009. Inscriptional Parthian was used to write the Parthian language as well as other languages. It is descended from the Imperial Aramaic script and was the official script used in the first part of the Neo-Persian (Sasanian) empire. Inscriptional Pahlavi evolved from the Aramaic script by the 2c CE. It was used to write Middle Persian until the 5c CE. (Note: Although the proposal includes Psalter Pahlavi in the title, that script was separately approved based on a different proposal, .

Revised proposal to encode the Avestan script in the SMP of the UCS

This is a proposal to encode the Avestan script in the international character encoding standard Unicode. The script was published in Unicode Standard version 5.2 in October 2009

Proposal for Arabic Mathematical Alphabetic Symbols

This is a proposal to encode a set of characters used to write Arabic mathematical notation in the international character encoding standard Unicode. This set of characters was published in Unicode Standard version 6.1 in January 2012

Second revised proposal for encoding the Manichaean script in the SMP of the UCS

This is a proposal to encode the Manichaean script in the international character encoding standard Unicode. This script was published in Unicode Standard version 7.0 in June 2014. Manichaean was used by followers of the Manichaean religion, which was founded in 3c CE in Babylonia

Arabic additions for Quranic orthographies

This is a proposal to add 39 Arabic Quranic characters to the international character encoding standard Unicode. The characters are used to represent text in minority orthographies, and many were contained in earlier documents submitted by others (cited on page 1 of this proposal).The characters are scheduled to be published in Unicode Standard version 14.0 in September 2021. A few modifications have been made to the names or location of characters in Unicode, so users should check the code charts when the Unicode Standard is published. The charts will be accessible at: https://www.unicode.org/charts/

The right hehs for Arabic script orthographies of Sorani Kurdish and Uighur

The Arabic letter heh has some variants in the Unicode Standard, which has led to some confusion for users of the Arabic script. This documents requests clarification on their usage in Sorani Kurdish (hereafter “Sorani”) and Uighur from the Unicod

U+1CD9 VEDIC TONE YAJURVEDIC KATHAKA INDEPENDENT SVARITA

At the UTC meeting #139 (May 2014), the author was assigned the task of further studying some open issues ScriptExtensions for historic scripts and updates to Indic properties and report back to the UTC. This is a quick progress report. Details A publicly visible git repository has been created a