Script Encoding Initiative

Department of Linguistics

U. C. Berkeley

Alphabetical List of Scripts Not Yet Encoded


The Type field indicates the basic script type (A) alphabets & abjads, (G) abugidas, (L) logosyllabaries, (I) ideographic systems, (S) syllabaries. The secondary HMA type values are "h" for historical scripts,  "m" for living minority scripts (including those in liturgical use and categorized as "near-modern"), and "a" for artificial scripts..

The Plane field indicates whether the proposal is suggested for encoding on the BMP (0) or the SMP (1).

The Proposal field indicates whether a proposal has been written, denoted either with a "Y" (for "Yes") or "Approved" (if the proposal has been approved by the Unicode Technical Committee). A link is made to the most current proposal.

The Chart Font field indicates whether a font acceptable for printing the code charts in the standard has been obtained.

The Free Font field indicates whether a Unicode-compatible font for the proposed encoding (or PUA facsimile) is available for download by the general public at no charge.

(The Proposal and Free Font fields will contain links to the latest proposals or fonts if available. In some cases the proposals are only preliminary, and may include just a code chart and a list of names.)

The Contact field is the name of the central contact person in charge of coordinating activities related to the script proposal. "Everson" is Michael Everson.

Note: For basic questions that need to be answered on specific proposals, please see the ProposalQuestions.html webpage.

 

Script Name Type  HMA  Plane  Proposal  Chart Font  Free Font  Contact name
Afaka (Ndjuka) - - - - - - -
Ahom G h 1 Y - - Everson
Alpine scripts (see note 1) A h 1 - - - Everson
Anatolian Hieroglyphs L h 1 Y - - Everson
Archaic Miao Square script - -   -   -
Aztec Pictograms I h 1 - - -
Bagam (Eghap) S m 1 - - -  
Balti G m 1 Y Y - Everson
Bamum extensions S m 1 Approved - - Everson, Tuchscherer, Riley
Bassa Vah A m 1 Y - - Everson, Riley
Batak G m 0 Approved Y - Everson
Bété - - - - - - -
Blissymbolics I m 1 Y - - Everson
Box Headed (see Chalukya)       -   -
Büthakukye A h 1 - - -  
Byblos   h 1 - - -
Chakma G m 0 Approved Y - Everson
Chalukya (Box Headed; see note 2) G h 1 - - -
Chinook see Duployéan - - - - - - Anderson
Chola G h 1 - - -
Cirth A a 1 Y - - Everson
Cypro-Minoan L h 1 - - -
Dhives Akuru - h - - - - Pandey
Duployéan Shorthand and Chinook A - 1 Y - - Anderson
Elbasan A h 1 - - - Everson
Elymaic   h 1 - - -
Ersu Shaba   - - - - -
Fula   - - - - -
Grantha A m 1 Y - - Ganesan
HamNoSys I a - - - - -
Hausa (Raina Kama) - - - - - - -
Hausa (Salifou Hausa) - - - - - - -
Hatran A h 1 - - -
Hungarian Runic A h 0 Y Y - Everson, Szelp
Iberian A h 1 - - - Comes, Moncunill
Indus Valley Script L h 1 Y Y - Everson
Jing - - - - - - -
Jurchin I h 1 Y - - Chinese NB
Kawi G h 1 - - -
Khojki - - - - Y - Pandey
Khotanese (see note 2) G h 1 - - -
Kitan Large Script I h 1 - - -
Kitan Small Script - - - - - - -
Kpelle S m 1 - - -  
Lahnda G m 1 - - -
Linear A L h 1 - Y - Everson
Loma       -   -  
Luvian (see Hittite)       -   -  
Mahajani - - - - - - Pandey
Maithili (Tirhuta) - - - - - - Pandey
Manichaean A h 1 Y Y - Everson
Masaba - - - - Y - -
Mayan Hieroglyphs I h 1 - - -  
Mende S m 1 - - -
Meroitic A h 1 Approved Y - Everson

Meetei extensions

G m 0 - - - Everson
Miao (Pollard) S m 1 Y - - China NB
Modi G m 1 - - - Pandey
Moonscript   - - -  
Nabataean A h 1 - - -  
Naxi Geba S h 1 Y - - Everson
Naxi Tomba I h 1 Y - - China NB
North Arabic A h 1 - Y - Everson
Numidian A h 1 - - -  
Nüshu I m 1 Y - - China NB
Old Permic A h 1 Y Y - Everson
Old Udi - - - - - -
Old Uighur - - - - - -
Pahawh Hmong S m 0 Y Y - Everson
Palmyrene A h 1 Y - - Everson
Proto-Elamite   h 1 - - -  
Pyu (Tircil) G h 1 - - -  
Ranjana G m 0 Y Y - Everson
Rongo Rongo L h 1 Y - - Everson
Satavahana (see note 2) G h 1 - - -  
Sharada G m - Y - - Pandey
Siddham (see note 2) G h 0 Y Y - Everson
Siyaq - - - - - - Pandey
Soyombo     1 Y - - Everson
Sumero-Akkadian Extensions - - - - - - -
Sundanese (additions) G h 0 - - - Everson
Sutton SignWriting I m 1 - - - Everson
Takri G m 1 - - - Pandey
Tangut (Xixia) Characters I h 1 Y - - Cook
Tengwar A a 1 Y - - Everson
Turkestani (see note 2) G h 1 - - -  
Tulu G m 1 Y Y - Everson
Uighur A h 1 - - -  
Visible Speech - - - - - - -
Warang Citi G m 0 Y Y - Everson
Woleai (Caroline Islands script) - - - Y - - Everson
Wolof - - - - - - -
Yezidi (see note 3)   m 1 - - -  
Yi Extensions L m 0 - - - China NB
Zaghawa Bena (Beria Giray Erfe) - - - Y - - Priest
Zhuang Square - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - -

Note 1: Alpine scripts include ancient Raetic, Venetic, Lepontic, Gallic "alphabets".

Note 2: The following unencoded scripts may be covered by a unified Brahmi encoding: Chalukya, Khotanese, Satavahana, Siddham, and Turkestani. But the Brahmic encoding model needs to be worked through before a decision is made to unify or encode separately.

Note 3: May be a cipher or shorthand, not to be encoded. However, investigation is necessary to determine status.

 

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Sources: Roadmap BMP 3.7, SMP 3.3

Last updated: October 6, 2009