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See also: Ethiopic Supplement (Unicode block), Ethiopic Extended (Unicode block), Ethiopic Extended-A, and Ethiopic Extended-B
Ethiopic
RangeU+1200..U+137F
(384 code points)
PlaneBMP
ScriptsEthiopic
Major alphabetsGeʽez
Assigned358 code points
Unused26 reserved code points
Unicode version history
3.0 (1999)345 (+345)
4.1 (2005)356 (+11)
6.0 (2010)358 (+2)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: [1][2]

Ethiopic is a Unicode block containing characters for writing the Geʽez, Tigrinya, Amharic, Tigre, Harari, Gurage and other Ethiosemitic languages and Central Cushitic languagesorAgaw languages.

Block

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Ethiopic[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+120x ሀ ሁ ሂ ሃ ሄ ህ ሆ ሇ ለ ሉ ሊ ላ ሌ ል ሎ ሏ
U+121x ሐ ሑ ሒ ሓ ሔ ሕ ሖ ሗ መ ሙ ሚ ማ ሜ ም ሞ ሟ
U+122x ሠ ሡ ሢ ሣ ሤ ሥ ሦ ሧ ረ ሩ ሪ ራ ሬ ር ሮ ሯ
U+123x ሰ ሱ ሲ ሳ ሴ ስ ሶ ሷ ሸ ሹ ሺ ሻ ሼ ሽ ሾ ሿ
U+124x ቀ ቁ ቂ ቃ ቄ ቅ ቆ ቇ ቈ ቊ ቋ ቌ ቍ
U+125x ቐ ቑ ቒ ቓ ቔ ቕ ቖ ቘ ቚ ቛ ቜ ቝ
U+126x በ ቡ ቢ ባ ቤ ብ ቦ ቧ ቨ ቩ ቪ ቫ ቬ ቭ ቮ ቯ
U+127x ተ ቱ ቲ ታ ቴ ት ቶ ቷ ቸ ቹ ቺ ቻ ቼ ች ቾ ቿ
U+128x ኀ ኁ ኂ ኃ ኄ ኅ ኆ ኇ ኈ ኊ ኋ ኌ ኍ
U+129x ነ ኑ ኒ ና ኔ ን ኖ ኗ ኘ ኙ ኚ ኛ ኜ ኝ ኞ ኟ
U+12Ax አ ኡ ኢ ኣ ኤ እ ኦ ኧ ከ ኩ ኪ ካ ኬ ክ ኮ ኯ
U+12Bx ኰ ኲ ኳ ኴ ኵ ኸ ኹ ኺ ኻ ኼ ኽ ኾ
U+12Cx ዀ ዂ ዃ ዄ ዅ ወ ዉ ዊ ዋ ዌ ው ዎ ዏ
U+12Dx ዐ ዑ ዒ ዓ ዔ ዕ ዖ ዘ ዙ ዚ ዛ ዜ ዝ ዞ ዟ
U+12Ex ዠ ዡ ዢ ዣ ዤ ዥ ዦ ዧ የ ዩ ዪ ያ ዬ ይ ዮ ዯ
U+12Fx ደ ዱ ዲ ዳ ዴ ድ ዶ ዷ ዸ ዹ ዺ ዻ ዼ ዽ ዾ ዿ
U+130x ጀ ጁ ጂ ጃ ጄ ጅ ጆ ጇ ገ ጉ ጊ ጋ ጌ ግ ጎ ጏ
U+131x ጐ ጒ ጓ ጔ ጕ ጘ ጙ ጚ ጛ ጜ ጝ ጞ ጟ
U+132x ጠ ጡ ጢ ጣ ጤ ጥ ጦ ጧ ጨ ጩ ጪ ጫ ጬ ጭ ጮ ጯ
U+133x ጰ ጱ ጲ ጳ ጴ ጵ ጶ ጷ ጸ ጹ ጺ ጻ ጼ ጽ ጾ ጿ
U+134x ፀ ፁ ፂ ፃ ፄ ፅ ፆ ፇ ፈ ፉ ፊ ፋ ፌ ፍ ፎ ፏ
U+135x ፐ ፑ ፒ ፓ ፔ ፕ ፖ ፗ ፘ ፙ ፚ ፝ ፞ ፟
U+136x ፠ ፡ ። ፣ ፤ ፥ ፦ ፧ ፨ ፩ ፪ ፫ ፬ ፭ ፮ ፯
U+137x ፰ ፱ ፲ ፳ ፴ ፵ ፶ ፷ ፸ ፹ ፺ ፻ ፼
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 15.1
2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

History

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The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Ethiopic block:

Version Final code points[a] Count UTC ID L2 ID WG2 ID Document
3.0 U+1200..1206, 1208..1246, 1248, 124A..124D, 1250..1256, 1258, 125A..125D, 1260..1286, 1288, 128A..128D, 1290..12AE, 12B0, 12B2..12B5, 12B8..12BE, 12C0, 12C2..12C5, 12C8..12CE, 12D0..12D6, 12D8..12EE, 12F0..130E, 1310, 1312..1315, 1318..131E, 1320..1346, 1348..135A, 1361..137C 345 UTC/1991-043 Becker, Joe, Ethiopian
X3L2/92-143 N807 Mann, Michael; Ross, Hugh McGregor (1992-05-14), Comments on Ethiopian Script
UTC/1995-013 Becker, Joe (1995-02-26), Proposal for Ethiopian Encoding in Unicode/10646
N1165 Everson, Michael (1995-03-11), Names of Ethiopian characters
UTC/1995-055b Yacob, Daniel (1995-10-06), Ethiopic Glyphs Variants
X3L2/95-116 N1270 Ross, Hugh McGregor (1995-10-12), Proposal for Inclusion of Ethiopian-Eritrean Syllabary
UTC/1995-055a X3L2/95-134 N1326 Becker, Joe (1995-12-07), Conclusive Proposal for Encoding of Ethiopic Syllabary
UTC/1996-002 Aliprand, Joan; Hart, Edwin; Greenfield, Steve (1996-03-05), "Ethiopic", UTC #67 Minutes
N1372 Ross, Hugh McGregor (1996-04-23), Update on N 1270 and N 1326 - Ethiopic
UTC/1996-024 X3L2/96-067 Everson, Michael; Becker, Joe (1996-06-04), Michael Everson Response to SOAS
UTC/1996-025 Becker, Joe, Follow up response to WG2 N1326 re Encoding of Ethiopic Syllabary
N1353 Umamaheswaran, V. S.; Ksar, Mike (1996-06-25), "8.4", Draft minutes of WG2 Copenhagen Meeting # 30
N1420 Becker, Joe (1996-07-27), Conclusive Proposal for Encoding of Ethiopic Syllabary, Update
X3L2/96-119 N1485 Adams, Glenn (1996-12-01), Proposed Draft Amendment No. 10 to ISO/IEC 10646-1
N1453 Ksar, Mike; Umamaheswaran, V. S. (1996-12-06), "8.5", WG 2 Minutes - Quebec Meeting 31
X3L2/96-123 Aliprand, Joan; Winkler, Arnold (1996-12-18), "6.2.3", Preliminary Minutes - UTC #71 & X3L2 #168 ad hoc meeting, San Diego - December 5-6, 1996
L2/97-003 Paterson, Bruce (1997-01-28), Combined PDAM registration and ballot for FPDAM 10: Ethiopic script
N1594 Summary of Voting/Table of Replies, Amendment 10 – Ethiopic, 1997-06-17
L2/97-159 N1614 Resolving Japanese Comments on pDAM 10 [Ethiopic], 1997-07-01
L2/97-288 N1603 Umamaheswaran, V. S. (1997-10-24), "6.2", Unconfirmed Meeting Minutes, WG 2 Meeting # 33, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, 20 June - 4 July 1997
L2/97-276 N1630 Report on JTC1/SC2 letter ballot on FPDAM No. 10 to ISO/IEC 10646-1 (Ethiopic Script), 1997-12-01
L2/98-018 Disposition of Comments Report on Document SC 2 N 2805, Combined PDAM Registration and FPDAM ballot: Amendment 10: Ethioptic Script, 1998-01-14
L2/98-316 Notices of publication for various amendments and standards
L2/99-122 Clews, John (1999-03-31), Ordering labio-velar characters in Ethiopic
L2/00-282 Everson, Michael (2000-08-25), Proposed glyph fixes for Ethiopic pages in ISO/IEC 10646-1:2000
4.1 U+1207, 1247, 1287, 12AF, 12CF, 12EF, 130F, 131F, 1347, 135F..1360 11 UTC/1991-026 X3L2/91-024 Anderson, Lloyd (1991-02-26), On the Extended Ethiopic Alphabet
L2/98-300 N1846 Everson, Michael; Yacob, Daniel (1998-09-11), Proposal to encode Ethiopic Extensions in the BMP of ISO/IEC 10646
L2/04-143 N2747 Yacob, Daniel (2004-04-23), Revision of the N1846 Proposal to add Extended Ethiopic to the BMP of the UCS
L2/04-265R N2814R Everson, Michael; Yacob, Daniel (2004-06-18), Revisions proposed to N2747 (Extended Ethiopic)
L2/11-261R2 Moore, Lisa (2011-08-16), "Consensus 128-C6", UTC #128 / L2 #225 Minutes, Change the general category from "So" to "Po" ... [U+1360]
6.0 U+135D..135E 2 L2/09-050R N3572 Priest, Lorna (2009-02-05), Proposal to Encode Additional Ethiopic Characters
L2/09-003R Moore, Lisa (2009-02-12), "B.15.16", UTC #118 / L2 #215 Minutes
L2/09-234 N3603 (pdf, doc) Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2009-07-08), "M54.11", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 54
  1. ^ Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

References

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  1. ^ "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  • ^ "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.

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