This is a proposal to encode Sora Sompeng script in the international character encoding standard Unicode. This script was published in Unicode Standard version 6.1 in January 2012. Sora Sompeng is an alphabet used to write the Sora language of India

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UC BerkeleyProposals from the Script Encoding Initiative TitleProposal for encoding the Sora Sompeng script in the UCSPermalinkhttps://escholarship.org/uc/item/2vh9q851AuthorEverson, MichaelPublication Date2009-06-08 Peer reviewedeScholarship.org Powered by the California Digital LibraryUniversity of California1JTC1/SC2/WG2 N3647RL2/09-189R2009-06-08Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character SetInternational Organization for StandardizationOrganisation Internationale de NormalisationМеждународная организация по стандартизацииDoc Type: Working Group DocumentTitle: Proposal for encoding the Sora Sompeng script in the UCSSource: UC Berkeley Script Encoding Initiative (Universal Scripts Project)Author: Michael EversonStatus: Liaison ContributionAction: For consideration by JTC1/SC2/WG2 and UTCReplaces: N1957 (1999-01-29), N3410 (2008-04-08)Date: 2009-06-081. Introduction. The Sora Sompeng script is used to write the Sora language. Sora is a member of theMunda family of languages, which, together with the Mon-Khmer languages, makes up Austro-Asiatic.The Sora people live between the Oriya- and Telugu-speaking populations in what is now the Orissa-Andhra border area. Sora Sompeng was devised on 1936-06-18 by Mangei Gomango, son-in-law ofcharismatic community leader Malia Gomango, on the inspiration of a vision of the 24 letters he had. Thestory is retold in translation in a document by Khageswar Mahapatra written in 1978–1979.The Savara people used to worship “Daru-Bramha” (Wooden Image of God). But when Lalitha(The Savara Princes) falling in love with a Bramhin revealed to him the secrets of the worship, theBrahmin won over the Lord. The Lord vanished and no more responded to the prayers of the Savarapeople. Then the Savara said, “Wonderful! You don’t listen to me; you don’t respond to me. Butyou listen to the Brahmin, who is an outsider! All right, I say, from today I will offer you onlyblood and liquor. When you come back again to us and teach us to be wise and good, we willworship you then only with due sanctity.” The Savara people took a resolution like that and sincethen they were sacrificing cocks, goats, buffaloes, and human beings too at the rituals. Theyworship, pay obeisance, and then pour down blood and liquor on the deity’s head. However, aftermany days, at the end of the Age of Kali, the Lord come back and said, “Now I have come to you,not as Daru-Bramha, but as Akshara-Bramha (Alphabetic Image of God). You worship me in thisform. I will be visible on the matter bnom vijnan ‘hills’. The Savara then went and saw. Thetwenty-four letters appeared in his vision. Then a shrine was built on that site and the worship ofthe Akshara-Bramha commenced from that day.The script was promulgated as part of a comprehensive cultural program, and was offered as animprovement over IPA-based scripts used by linguists and missionaries, and the Telugu and Oriya scriptsused by Hindus. Sora Sompeng is used in religious contexts, and is published in a variety of printedmaterials, tracts, almanacs, invitation cards, and similar ephemera. Its use is somewhat analogous to theuse made of the Cherokee script.2. Structure. Sora Sompeng is of the Brahmic type: the consonant letters contain an inherent vowel.Consonant clusters are written not with conjunct characters, and there is no visible vowel killer to showthe deletion of the inherent vowel; the reader must determine the presence or absence of the inherentschwa word by word. The character repertoire does not match the phonemic repertoire of Sora very well;LETTER I is used for both [i] and [ɨ], and LETTER O is used for both [o] and [ɔ], for instance. The glottalstop is written with LETTER HAH, and the sequence of LETTER RAH and LETTER DAH is used to writeretroflex [ɽ]. There is also an additional “auxiliary” LETTER MAE used to transcribe foreign sounds.Mahapatra says:The auxiliary letter imaE’ is used for transcription of sounds foreign to Sora; e.g.Oriya /a, t, n, d, l, s/ are transcribed as /ox, tx, nx, dx, lx, sx/. But Oriya /s/ andaspirite stops are to be transcribed by names [leg. means] of adding Sora /j/ afterits /s/ and non- aspirate stops.This description is not very precise, but it is a matter of orthography, not of character identity.3. Collating order. The letters get their names from 24 gods in the Sora pantheon, e.g. s for Sundaṅ, t forTənod; no rationale is apparent for the relative ordering, but collation order is as in the code chart.Mahapatra gives the following names (the spellings may be slightly suspect and are under review):ꭀ saʔa Suṅdaṅꭁ taʔa Tṅodꭂ baʔa Babuꭃ caʔa Candiꭄ daʔa Daṅkiꭅ gaʔa Gadaꭆ maʔa Mundaxraꭇ ṅaʔa Ṅalꭈ laʔa Ləboꭉ naʔa Naaꭊ vaʔa Varoxꭋ paʔa Pattaꭌ yaʔa Yuyuꭍ raʔa Rṅgiꭎ haʔa Haroꭏ kaʔa Ketuṅꭐ jaʔa Janṅloꭑ ñaʔa Ñaranaꭒ aʔa Aṅgeꭓ eʔe Eldaꭔ iʔi Idaꭕ uʔu Uyuṅꭖ oʔo Onalꭗ ɛʔɛ Ɛmaṅda𑃨 maɛ Almraɛ4. Character names. Consonant letter names are derived by adding [aʔa] (written ah) to the consonant.(Sora free-standing nouns must have two syllables, and this is often achieved by breaking the vowel of aword into two with a glottal stop. The glottal stop appears only between like vowels, so it’s sufficient justto write ah, eh, etc.)5. Punctuation. Sora Sompeng has no script-specific punctuation. Punctuation common to Latin, Telugu,and Oriya may be used. Mahapatra indicates that the following international characters are in use: FULLSTOP, COMMA, HYPHEN, EXCLAMATION MARK, PLUS SIGN, EQUALS SIGN, MULTIPLICATION SIGN, SEMICOLON,LEFT PARENTHESIS, RIGHT PARENTHESIS.6. Linebreaking. Letters and digits behave as in Latin and other alphabetic scripts.27. Unicode Character Properties. 110D0;SORA SOMPENG LETTER SAH;Lo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;;110D1;SORA SOMPENG LETTER TAH;Lo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;;110D2;SORA SOMPENG LETTER BAH;Lo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;;110D3;SORA SOMPENG LETTER CAH;Lo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;;110D4;SORA SOMPENG LETTER DAH;Lo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;;110D5;SORA SOMPENG LETTER GAH;Lo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;;110D6;SORA SOMPENG LETTER MAH;Lo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;;110D7;SORA SOMPENG LETTER NGAH;Lo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;;110D8;SORA SOMPENG LETTER LAH;Lo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;;110D9;SORA SOMPENG LETTER NAH;Lo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;;110DA;SORA SOMPENG LETTER VAH;Lo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;;110DB;SORA SOMPENG LETTER PAH;Lo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;;110DC;SORA SOMPENG LETTER YAH;Lo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;;110DD;SORA SOMPENG LETTER RAH;Lo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;;110DE;SORA SOMPENG LETTER HAH;Lo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;;110DF;SORA SOMPENG LETTER KAH;Lo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;;110E0;SORA SOMPENG LETTER JAH;Lo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;;110E1;SORA SOMPENG LETTER NYAH;Lo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;;110E2;SORA SOMPENG LETTER AH;Lo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;;110E3;SORA SOMPENG LETTER EEH;Lo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;;110E4;SORA SOMPENG LETTER IH;Lo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;;110E5;SORA SOMPENG LETTER UH;Lo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;;110E6;SORA SOMPENG LETTER OH;Lo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;;110E7;SORA SOMPENG LETTER EH;Lo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;;110E8;SORA SOMPENG LETTER MAE;Lo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;;110F0;SORA SOMPENG DIGIT ZERO;Nd;0;L;;0;0;0;N;;;;;110F1;SORA SOMPENG DIGIT ONE;Nd;0;L;;1;1;1;N;;;;;110F2;SORA SOMPENG DIGIT TWO;Nd;0;L;;2;2;2;N;;;;;110F3;SORA SOMPENG DIGIT THREE;Nd;0;L;;3;3;3;N;;;;;110F4;SORA SOMPENG DIGIT FOUR;Nd;0;L;;4;4;4;N;;;;;110F5;SORA SOMPENG DIGIT FIVE;Nd;0;L;;5;5;5;N;;;;;110F6;SORA SOMPENG DIGIT SIX;Nd;0;L;;6;6;6;N;;;;;110F7;SORA SOMPENG DIGIT SEVEN;Nd;0;L;;7;7;7;N;;;;;110F8;SORA SOMPENG DIGIT EIGHT;Nd;0;L;;8;8;8;N;;;;;110F9;SORA SOMPENG DIGIT NINE;Nd;0;L;;9;9;9;N;;;;;8. Bibliography.Mahapatra, Khagehwar. 1978–1979. “‘SoraN SompeN’: A Sora Script”. Unpublished conference paper.Delhi, Mysore.Zide, Norman. 1996. “Scripts for Munda languages”, in Peter T. Daniels and William Bright, eds. Theworld’s writing systems. New York; Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-507993-0Zide, Norman. 1999. “Three Munda scripts”, in Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area. Vol. 22.2—Fall1999.9. Acknowledgements. This project was made possible in part by a grant from the U.S. NationalEndowment for the Humanities, which funded the which funded the Universal Scripts Project (part of theScript Encoding Initiative at UC Berkeley) in respect of the Sora Sompeng encoding. Any views,findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect those ofthe National Endowment of the Humanities.3Figure 1. Sora Sompeng alphabet and digits. The text at the top reads ꭀꭖꭆꭋꭓꭇ ꭁꭕꭂ sompeṅ tub.4A. Administrative1. TitlePro po s al  fo r enco di ng  the So ra So mpeng  s cri pt i n the UCS2. Requester’s nameUC Berkel ey  Scri pt Enco di ng  Ini ti ati v e (Uni v ers al  Scri pts  Pro ject)3. Requester type (Member body/Liaison/Individual contribution)Li ai s o n co ntri buti o n.4. Submission date2 0 0 9 -0 6 -0 85. Requester’s reference (if applicable)6. Choose one of the following:6a. This is a complete proposalNo .6b. More information will be provided laterYes .B. Technical – General1. Choose one of the following:1a. This proposal is for a new script (set of characters)Yes .1b. Proposed name of scriptSo ra So mpeng .1c. The proposal is for addition of character(s) to an existing blockNo .1d. Name of the existing block2. Number of characters in proposal3 5 .3. Proposed category (A-Contemporary; B.1-Specialized (small collection); B.2-Specialized (large collection); C-Major extinct; D-Attested extinct; E-Minor extinct; F-Archaic Hieroglyphic or Ideographic; G-Obscure or questionable usage symbols)Categ o ry  A.4a. Is a repertoire including character names provided?Yes .4b. If YES, are the names in accordance with the “character naming guidelines” in Annex L of P&P document?Yes .4c. Are the character shapes attached in a legible form suitable for review?Yes .5a.  Who will provide the appropriate computerized font (ordered preference: True Type,  or PostScript format) for publishing thestandard?Mi chael  Ev ers o n.5b. If available now, identify source(s) for the font (include address, e-mail,  ftp-site, etc.) and indicate the tools used:Mi chael  Ev ers o n,  Fo nto g rapher.6a. Are references (to other character sets, dictionaries, descriptive texts etc.) provided?Yes .6b. Are published examples of use (such as samples from newspapers, magazines, or other sources) of proposed characters attached?Yes .7. Does the proposal address other aspects of character data processing (if applicable) such as input, presentation, sorting, searching,indexing, transliteration etc. (if yes please enclose information)?Yes .8. Submitters are invited to provide any additional information about Properties of the proposed Character(s) or Script that will assistin correct understanding of and correct linguistic processing of the proposed character(s) or script.  Examples of such properties are:Casing information, Numeric information, Currency information, Display behaviour information such as line breaks, widths etc. ,Combining behaviour,  Spacing behaviour,  Directional behaviour,  Default Collation behaviour,  relevance in Mark Up contexts,Compatibility equivalence and other Unicode normalization related information. See the Unicode standard at http://www.unicode.orgfor such  informat ion  on  o ther scrip ts .  Also  see Unicode Character Database h t tp : / /www. unicode. org /Publ ic/UNIDATA/UnicodeCharacterDatabase.html and associated Unicode Technical Reports for information needed for consideration by the UnicodeTechnical Committee for inclusion in the Unicode Standard.See abo v e.C. Technical – Justification1. Has this proposal for addition of character(s) been submitted before? If YES, explain.Yes ,  i n N1 9 5 7  and N3 4 1 0 .2a. Has contact been made to members of the user community (for example: National Body, user groups of the script or characters,other experts, etc.)?Yes .2b. If YES, with whom?Dav i d Stampe and Pi ers  Vi tebs ky . .2c. If YES, available relevant documents53. Information on the user community for the proposed characters (for example: size, demographics, information technology use, orpublishing use) is included?Peo pl e l i v i ng  at the Ori s s a-Andhra bo rder i n Indi a.4a. The context of use for the proposed characters (type of use; common or rare)Res tri cted to  rel i g i o us  us e.4b. Reference5a. Are the proposed characters in current use by the user community?Yes .5b. If YES, where?In Indi a.6a. After giving due considerations to the principles in the P&P document must the proposed characters be entirely in the BMP?No .6b. If YES, is a rationale provided?6c. If YES, reference7. Should the proposed characters be kept together in a contiguous range (rather than being scattered)?Yes .8a. Can any of the proposed characters be considered a presentation form of an existing character or character sequence?No .8b. If YES, is a rationale for its inclusion provided?8c. If YES, reference9a. Can any of the proposed characters be encoded using a composed character sequence of either existing characters or other proposedcharacters?No .9b. If YES, is a rationale for its inclusion provided?9c. If YES, reference10a. Can any of the proposed character(s) be considered to be similar (in appearance or function) to an existing character?No .10b. If YES, is a rationale for its inclusion provided?10c. If YES, reference11a. Does the proposal include use of combining characters and/or use of composite sequences (see clauses 4.12 and 4.14 in ISO/IEC10646-1: 2000)?No .11b. If YES, is a rationale for such use provided?11c. If YES, reference11d. Is a list of composite sequences and their corresponding glyph images (graphic symbols) provided?No .  11e. If YES, reference12a. Does the proposal contain characters with any special properties such as control function or similar semantics?No .12b. If YES, describe in detail (include attachment if necessary)13a. Does the proposal contain any Ideographic compatibility character(s)?No .13b. If YES, is the equivalent corresponding unified ideographic character(s) identified?6Consonants110D0 𑃐 SORA SOMPENG LETTER SAH110D1 𑃑 SORA SOMPENG LETTER TAH110D2 𑃒 SORA SOMPENG LETTER BAH110D3 𑃓 SORA SOMPENG LETTER CAH110D4 𑃔 SORA SOMPENG LETTER DAH110D5 𑃕 SORA SOMPENG LETTER GAH110D6 𑃖 SORA SOMPENG LETTER MAH110D7 𑃗 SORA SOMPENG LETTER NGAH110D8 𑃘 SORA SOMPENG LETTER LAH110D9 𑃙 SORA SOMPENG LETTER NAH110DA 𑃚 SORA SOMPENG LETTER VAH110DB 𑃛 SORA SOMPENG LETTER PAH110DC 𑃜 SORA SOMPENG LETTER YAH110DD 𑃝 SORA SOMPENG LETTER RAH110DE 𑃞 SORA SOMPENG LETTER HAH110DF 𑃟 SORA SOMPENG LETTER KAH110E0 𑃠 SORA SOMPENG LETTER JAH110E1 𑃡 SORA SOMPENG LETTER NYAHVowels110E2 𑃢 SORA SOMPENG LETTER AH110E3 𑃣 SORA SOMPENG LETTER EEH110E4 𑃤 SORA SOMPENG LETTER IH110E5 𑃥 SORA SOMPENG LETTER UH110E6 𑃦 SORA SOMPENG LETTER OH110E7 𑃧 SORA SOMPENG LETTER EHOther letter110E8 𑃨 SORA SOMPENG LETTER MAEDigits110F0 𑃰 SORA SOMPENG DIGIT ZERO110F1 𑃱 SORA SOMPENG DIGIT ONE110F2 𑃲 SORA SOMPENG DIGIT TWO110F3 𑃳 SORA SOMPENG DIGIT THREE110F4 𑃴 SORA SOMPENG DIGIT FOUR110F5 𑃵 SORA SOMPENG DIGIT FIVE110F6 𑃶 SORA SOMPENG DIGIT SIX110F7 𑃷 SORA SOMPENG DIGIT SEVEN110F8 𑃸 SORA SOMPENG DIGIT EIGHT110F9 𑃹 SORA SOMPENG DIGIT NINEPrinted using UniBook™(http://www.unicode.org/unibook/)Date: 2009-05-20 7110FFSora Sompeng110D0110D 110E 110F𑃐𑃑𑃒𑃓𑃔𑃕𑃖𑃗𑃘𑃙𑃚𑃛𑃜𑃝𑃞𑃟𑃠𑃡𑃢𑃣𑃤𑃥𑃦𑃧𑃨𑃰𑃱𑃲𑃳𑃴𑃵𑃶𑃷𑃸𑃹110D0110D1110D2110D3110D4110D5110D6110D7110D8110D9110DA110DB110DC110DD110DE110DF110E0110E1110E2110E3110E4110E5110E6110E7110E8110F0110F1110F2110F3110F4110F5110F6110F7110F8110F90123456789ABCDEF

Proposal for encoding the Sora Sompeng script in the UCS

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