This is a proposal to encode the Cham (Eastern Cham) script in the international character encoding standard Unicode. The script was published in Unicode Standard version 5.1 in March 2008. This script was used to write the Eastern Cham language, which is spoken in Vietnam

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This is a proposal to encode the Rejang in the international character encoding standard Unicode. The script was published in Unicode Standard version 5.1 in March 2008.  Rejang is used to write the Rejang language on Sumatra in Indonesia. The script was used before Islam was introduced to the Rejang area. It is first attested about the mid-18c CE

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UC BerkeleyProposals from the Script Encoding Initiative TitleProposal for encoding the Rejang script in the BMP of the UCSPermalinkhttps://escholarship.org/uc/item/3fq8t4s9AuthorEverson, MichaelPublication Date2006-04-24 Peer reviewedeScholarship.org Powered by the California Digital LibraryUniversity of California1ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2 N3096L2/06-1392006-04-24Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character SetInternational Organization for StandardizationOrganisation Internationale de NormalisationМеждународная организация по стандартизацииDoc Type: Working Group DocumentTitle: Proposal for encoding the Rejang script in the BMP of the UCSSource: UC Berkeley Script Encoding Initiative (Universal Scripts Project)Author: Michael EversonStatus: Individual ContributionAction: For consideration by JTC1/SC2/WG2 and UTCDate: 2006-04-24Rejang is spoken by about 200,000 people living in Indonesia on the island of Sumatra in the southwesthighlands, north Bengkulu Province, around Argamakmur, Muaraaman, Curup, and Kepahiang, and alsoin the Rawas area of South Sumatra Province, near Muara Kulam. There are five major dialects ofRejang: Lebong, Musi, Kebanagung, Pesisir (all in Bengkulu Province), and Rawas (in South SumatraProvince). Most of its users live in fairly remote rural areas, of whom slightly less than half are literate.The traditional Rejang corpus consists chiefly of ritual texts, medical incantations, and poetry.OriginThe Rejang script is of the Brahmic type, and is related to other scripts of the region, like Batak,Buginese, and Kerinci. The script was in use prior to the introduction of Islam to the Rejang area; theearliest attested document appears to date from the mid-18th century CE.StructureVowel signs are used in a manner similar to that employed by other Brahmi-derived scripts. Consonantshave an inherent /a/ vowel sound. Consonant conjuncts are not formed. Syllable structure is C(V)(F)consonant followed by optional vowel sign and/or optional final consonant or virama.OrderingThe arrangement of the consonants is basically Brahmic and turns up in numerous sources. No strongevidence has been found for any strong preference with regard to the relative order of the vowel signsand of the final consonants; indeed most secondary sources give contradictory evidence in their charts. Ageneric Brahmic relative ordering for these characters is used in the code chart, with the vowel signsfollowing the consonants, and the final consonant signs following the vowel signs.NamingCharacter names use the usual UCS conventions for Brahmic scripts.Digits and punctuationUnique Rejang digits are unknown; Jaspan presents a letter written to him in Rejang by Ali Akbar whichuses both Roman numerals in an ordered list and European digits in a date. Ali Akbar uses comma, fullstop, and colon, as well as the unique REJANG SECTION MARK which he uses both at the beginning and endof paragraphs.LinebreakingTraditional texts tend not to use spacing, but Ali Akbar’s letter to Jaspan does; NON-BREAKING SPACE canbe used in scriptio continua and SPACE otherwise. Hyphenation has not been observed, but could onlyoccur after an orthographic syllable.Unicode Character PropertiesA930;REJANG LETTER KA;Lo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;;A931;REJANG LETTER GA;Lo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;;A932;REJANG LETTER NGA;Lo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;;A933;REJANG LETTER TA;Lo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;;A934;REJANG LETTER DA;Lo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;;A935;REJANG LETTER NA;Lo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;;A936;REJANG LETTER PA;Lo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;;A937;REJANG LETTER BA;Lo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;;A938;REJANG LETTER MA;Lo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;;A939;REJANG LETTER CA;Lo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;;A93A;REJANG LETTER JA;Lo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;;A93B;REJANG LETTER NYA;Lo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;;A93C;REJANG LETTER SA;Lo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;;A93D;REJANG LETTER RA;Lo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;;A93E;REJANG LETTER LA;Lo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;;A93F;REJANG LETTER YA;Lo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;;A940;REJANG LETTER WA;Lo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;;A941;REJANG LETTER HA;Lo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;;A942;REJANG LETTER MBA;Lo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;;A943;REJANG LETTER NGGA;Lo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;;A944;REJANG LETTER NDA;Lo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;;A945;REJANG LETTER NYJA;Lo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;;A946;REJANG LETTER A;Lo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;;A947;REJANG VOWEL SIGN I;Mn;0;NSM;;;;;N;;kaluan;;;A948;REJANG VOWEL SIGN U;Mn;0;NSM;;;;;N;;kamitan;;;A949;REJANG VOWEL SIGN E;Mn;0;NSM;;;;;N;;kamica;;;A94A;REJANG VOWEL SIGN AI;Mn;0;NSM;;;;;N;;katiling;;;A94B;REJANG VOWEL SIGN O;Mn;0;NSM;;;;;N;;;;;A94C;REJANG VOWEL SIGN AU;Mn;0;NSM;;;;;N;;katulung;;;A94D;REJANG VOWEL SIGN EU;Mn;0;NSM;;;;;N;;;;;A94E;REJANG VOWEL SIGN EA;Mn;0;NSM;;;;;N;;kajina;;;A94F;REJANG CONSONANT SIGN NG;Mn;0;NSM;;;;;N;;katulang;;;A950;REJANG CONSONANT SIGN N;Mn;0;NSM;;;;;N;;duo deatas;;;A951;REJANG CONSONANT SIGN R;Mn;0;NSM;;;;;N;;kajunjung;;;A952;REJANG CONSONANT SIGN H;Mc;0;L;;;;;N;;;;;A953;REJANG CONSONANT SIGN VIRAMA;Mc;9;L;;;;;N;;;;;A95F;REJANG SECTION MARK;Po;0;L;;;;;N;;;;;BibliographyJaspan, M. A. 1964. Folk literature of South Sumatra: Redjang Ka-Ga-Nga texts. Canberra: AustralianNational University.AcknowledgementsThis project was made possible in part by a grant from the U.S. National Endowment for the Humanities,which funded the Universal Scripts Project (part of the Script Encoding Initiative at UC Berkeley).2FiguresFigure 1. Table of Rejang characters from Marsden’s 1783 book Sumatran alphabets, as presented inJaspan 1964. Marsden gives traditional names for the vowel signs, which Jaspan notes are no longercurrent with modern users of Rejang.3Figure 2. The beginning of Ali Akbar’s letter to Jaspan, typeset and reproduced in Jaspan 1964. The REJANG SECTION MARK can be seen in lines 1, 7, 13, and 15.4Proposal for encoding the Rejang script in the UCS Michael EversonTABLE XX - Row A9: REJANGG = 00P = 0050123456789ABCDEFA93 A94 A95Ä ê ˇ†Å ë ˇ°Ç í ˇ¢É ì ˇ£Ñ î §Ö ïÜ ñá ˇóà ˇòâ ˇôä ˇöã õ̌å ˇúç ù̌é ˇûè ǚ Ø6hex303132333435363738393A3B3C3D3E3F404142434445464748494A4B4C4D4E4F505152535455565758595A5B5C5D5E5FNameREJANG LETTER KAREJANG LETTER GAREJANG LETTER NGAREJANG LETTER TAREJANG LETTER DAREJANG LETTER NAREJANG LETTER PAREJANG LETTER BAREJANG LETTER MAREJANG LETTER CAREJANG LETTER JAREJANG LETTER NYAREJANG LETTER SAREJANG LETTER RAREJANG LETTER LAREJANG LETTER YAREJANG LETTER WAREJANG LETTER HAREJANG LETTER MBAREJANG LETTER NGGAREJANG LETTER NDAREJANG LETTER NYJAREJANG LETTER AREJANG VOWEL SIGN I (kaluan)REJANG VOWEL SIGN U (kamitan)REJANG VOWEL SIGN E (kamica)REJANG VOWEL SIGN AI (katiling)REJANG VOWEL SIGN OREJANG VOWEL SIGN AU (katulung)REJANG VOWEL SIGN EUREJANG VOWEL SIGN EA (kajina)REJANG CONSONANT SIGN NG (katulang)REJANG CONSONANT SIGN N (duo deatas)REJANG CONSONANT SIGN R (kajunjung)REJANG CONSONANT SIGN HREJANG VIRAMA(This position shall not be used)(This position shall not be used)(This position shall not be used)(This position shall not be used)(This position shall not be used)(This position shall not be used)(This position shall not be used)(This position shall not be used)(This position shall not be used)(This position shall not be used)(This position shall not be used)REJANG SECTION MARKhex NameProposal for encoding the Rejang script in the UCS Michael EversonTABLE XX - Row A9: REJANGGroup 00 Plane 00 Row A9A. Administrative1. TitleProposal for encoding the Rejang script in the BMP of the UCS.2. Requester’s nameUC Berkeley Script Encoding Initiative (Universal Scripts Project)3. Requester type (Member body/Liaison/Individual contribution)Individual contribution.4. Submission date2006-04-245. Requester’s reference (if applicable)6. Choose one of the following:6a. This is a complete proposalYes.6b. More information will be provided laterNo.B. Technical – General1. Choose one of the following:1a. This proposal is for a new script (set of characters)Yes. Proposed name of scriptRejang.1b. The proposal is for addition of character(s) to an existing blockNo.1c. Name of the existing block2. Number of characters in proposal373. 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)Category A.4a. Proposed Level of Implementation (1, 2 or 3)Level 24b. Is a rationale provided for the choice?Yes.4c. If YES, referenceRejang uses Brahmic vowelsigns.5a. Is a repertoire including character names provided?Yes.5b. If YES, are the names in accordance with the “character naming guidelines” in Annex L of P&P document?Yes.5c. Are the character shapes attached in a legible form suitable for review?Yes.6a. Who will provide the appropriate computerized font (ordered preference: True Type, or PostScript format) for publishing thestandard?Michael Everson.6b. If available now, identify source(s) for the font (include address, e-mail, ftp-site, etc.) and indicate the tools used:Michael Everson, Fontographer.7a. Are references (to other character sets, dictionaries, descriptive texts etc.) provided?Yes.7b. Are published examples of use (such as samples from newspapers, magazines, or other sources) of proposed charactersattached?Yes.8. Special encoding issues: 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.9. Additional Information: Submitters are invited to provide any additional information about Properties of the proposedCharacter(s) or Script that will assist in correct understanding of and correct linguistic processing of the proposed character(s) orscript.See above.C. Technical – Justification1. Has this proposal for addition of character(s) been submitted before? If YES, explain.Yes, a preliminary proposal was submitted in N3023.2a. 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.72b. If YES, with whom?Richard McGinn, Associate Professor Emeritus of Linguistics and Southeast Asian Studies, Department of Linguistics, Ohio University.2c. If YES, available relevant documents3. Information on the user community for the proposed characters (for example: size, demographics, information technology use, orpublishing use) is included?Rejang is used on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia.4a. The context of use for the proposed characters (type of use; common or rare)Used to write the Rejang language.4b. Reference5a. Are the proposed characters in current use by the user community?Yes.5b. If YES, where?In Sumatra. 6a. After giving due considerations to the principles in the P&P document must the proposed characters be entirely in the BMP?Yes. Positions A930-A95F are proposed.6b. If YES, is a rationale provided?Yes.6c. If YES, referenceContemporary use and accordance with the Roadmap.7. 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 otherproposed characters?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?Yes.11b. If YES, is a rationale for such use provided?Yes.11c. If YES, referenceVowel signs and consonant signs.11d. 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?8

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