Below is a list of scripts that are not yet officially encoded in the Unicode Standard (and ISO/IEC 10646). (For a list of scripts that have successfully been encoded with assistance from SEI, see the Completed Scripts page.)
The Type field indicates the basic script type (A) alphabets & abjads, (A-S) alphasyllabary, (G) abugidas, (L) logosyllabaries, (I) ideographic systems, (N) numeric, (Lg) logographs, and (S) syllabaries.
The type values in the HMA field 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 Basic Multilingual Plane (BMP), noted by "0", the Supplementary Multilingual Plane (SMP), identified by "1", or on the Tertiary Ideographic Plane (TIP), shown by a "3". A representation of the planes can be found on the Roadmap pages.
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). Those scripts marked "Approved (Unicode 7.0)" are scheduled to be published in the next major release of Unicode (7.0). All others marked "Approved" are still in an earlier balloting stage. A link is made to the most current proposal, if available. In some cases the proposals are only preliminary, and may include just a code chart and a list of names. Not all scripts listed will necessarily be encoded. Those proposals which have received assistance from SEI are marked with an asterisk (*).
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 and "Pandey" is Anshuman Pandey.
Note: For basic questions that need to be answered on specific proposals, please see the ProposalQuestions.html webpage.
| Script Name | Type | HMA | Plane | Proposal | Contact name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afáka (Ndjuka) | S | m | 1 | Y* | Everson |
| Ahom | G | m | 1 | Y | Hosken & Morey |
| Alpine (see note 1) | A | h | |||
| Anatolian Hieroglyphs | L | h | 1 | Y* | Everson |
| Archaic Miao Square script | S | h | |||
| Aztec Pictograms | I | h | 1 | ||
| Bagam (Eghap) | S | h | 1 | Y* | Everson |
| Balti (Balti-A) | G | h | 1 | Y* | Pandey |
| Balti-B | G | h | 1 | Y* | Pandey |
| Bassa Vah | A | m | 1 | Approved (Unicode 7.0)* | Everson & Riley |
| Beria | G | m | 1 | Y | Priest |
| Bété | S | m | 1 | ||
| Bhaiksuki | G | h | 1 | Y* | Pandey |
| Blissymbols | I | m | 1 | Y | Everson |
| Book Pahlavi | A | h | 1 | Y* | Everson, Pournader & Durkin-Meisterernst |
| Byblos | A | h | 1 | ||
| Caucasian Albanian | A | h | 1 | Approved* | Everson & Gippert |
| Chalukya (Box-Headed; see note 2) | G | h | 1 | ||
| Chinook (see Duployan) | |||||
| Chola | G | h | 1 | ||
| Cirth | A | a | 1 | Y | Everson |
| Coorgi-Cox | A | m | Y* | Pandey | |
| Coptic Epact Numbers | N | h | 1 | Approved (Unicode 7.0)* | Pandey |
| Cuneiform (additions) | L | h | 1 | Approved* | Everson & Tinney |
| Cypro-Minoan | L | h | 1 | ||
| Dhimal | A-S | m | Y | Pandey | |
| Dhives Akuru | S | h | 1 | Y* | Pandey |
| Duployan | A | m | 1 | Approved (Unicode 7.0)* | V. Anderson |
| Early Dynastic Cuneiform | L | h | 1 | Approved* | Crisostomo & Everson |
| Elbasan | A | h | 1 | Approved (Unicode 7.0)* | Everson |
| Elymaic | A | h | 1 | ||
| Ersu Shaba | I? | h | |||
| Fula-1 (Fula Dita) | A | ||||
| Fula-2 (Ba) | A | ||||
| Gangga Malayu (see note 3) | G | h | Y* | Pandey | |
| Garay (Wolof) | A | m | 1 | Y* | Pandey |
| Gondi | G | m | 1 | Y* | Pandey |
| Grantha | A | m | 1 | Approved | Government of India |
| HamNoSys | I | a | |||
| Hatran | A | h | 1 | Y* | Everson |
| Hausa-1 (Salifou Hausa) | A | Y | |||
| Hausa-2 (Raina Kama) | Y | ||||
| Hausa-3 (Tafi) | A | ||||
| Iberian | A | h | 1 | Comes & Moncunill | |
| Indus Valley Script | L | h | 1 | Y | Everson |
| Jenticha | A, A-S | m | 1 | Y* | Pandey |
| Jing | I? | m? | |||
| Jurchen | I | h | 1 | Y | Chinese NB |
| Kaida | I, N | h | M. Rosa | ||
| Kawi | G | h | 1 | Y* | Pandey & Miller |
| Khambu Rai | A-S | m | 1 | Y* | Pandey |
| Khamti | m | ||||
| Khatt-i Baburi | Y | Pandey | |||
| Khema | A-S | m | 1 | Y* | Pandey |
| Khojki | G | m | 1 | Approved (Unicode 7.0)* | Pandey |
| Khotanese (see note 2) | G | h | 1 | ||
| Khudawadi | G | h | 1 | Approved (Unicode 7.0)* | Pandey |
| Kirat Rai | G | h | 1 | Y* | Pandey |
| Khe Prih (Gurung) | m | 1 | |||
| Khitan Large Script (Ideographs) | I | h | 1 | ||
| Khitan Small Script | I | h | 1 | Y | Chinese NB |
| Kpelle | S | m | 1 | Y* | Everson & Riley |
| Landa | G | h | 1 | Y* | Pandey |
| Leke | G | m | 1 | Y | Hosken & Fickle |
| Linear A | L | h | 1 | Approved (Unicode 7.0)* | Everson & Younger |
| Loma | S | m | 1 | Y* | Everson |
| Luvian (see Anatolian Hieroglyphs) | |||||
| Magar Akkha | m | G | Y* | Pandey | |
| Mahajani | G | m | 1 | Approved* | Pandey |
| Maithili (see Tirhuta) | |||||
| Mandombe | A | m | CENA | ||
| Manichaean | A | h | 1 | Approved (Unicode 7.0)* | Everson |
| Marchen | G | m | 1 | Y | West |
| Marchung | G | h | |||
| Masaba | S | m | |||
| Mayan Hieroglyphs | I | h | 1 | ||
| Mende | S | m | 1 | Approved* | Everson |
| Mende Numbers | N | m | 1 | Approved* | Everson / Anderson |
| Meroitic Cursive and Meroitic Hieroglyphic | A | h | 1 | Approved* | Everson |
| Micmac Hieroglyphs | Lg | h | 1 | ||
| Modi | G | m | 1 | Approved* | Pandey |
| Mongolian Square Script (Xawtaa Dorboljin) | A-S | h | 1 | Y* | Pandey |
| Moon | A | m | 1 | Y | Everson |
| Mro | A | m | 1 | Approved (Unicode 7.0) | Hosken & Everson |
| Multani | A | m | 1 | Y* | Pandey |
| Mwangwego | G | m | 1 | Y* | Everson |
| Nabataean | A | h | 1 | Approved (Unicode 7.0)* | Everson |
| Naxi Geba | S | h | 1 | Y | Everson |
| Naxi Dongba | I | h | 1 | Y | China NB |
| Newar (Prachalit Nepal) | G | m | 1 | Y* | Pandey |
| Numidian | A | h | 1 | ||
| Nüshu | I | m | 1 | Y | Chinese NB |
| Oberi Okaime | A | h | |||
| Old Hanzi | I | h | 3 | ||
| Old Hungarian | A | h | 1 | Approved* | Everson & Szelp |
| Old North Arabian | A | h | 1 | Approved (Unicode 7.0)* | Everson |
| Old Permic | A | h | 1 | Approved* | Everson |
| Old Udi (see Caucasian Albanian) | |||||
| Old Uyghur | A | h | 1 | Y | |
| Pahawh Hmong | S | m | 1 | Approved* | Everson |
| Palmyrene | A | h | 1 | Approved (Unicode 7.0)* | Everson |
| Pau Cin Hau | A | m | 1 | Approved (Unicode 7.0)* | Pandey |
| Pau Cin Hau Logographs | Lg | m | 1 | Y* | Pandey |
| Proto-Cuneiform | Lg | h | 1 | ||
| Proto-Elamite | h | 1 | |||
| Psalter Pahlavi | A | h | 1 | Approved* | |
| Pungchen | G | h | |||
| Pungchung | G | h | |||
| Pyu (Tircul) | G | h | 1 | Y* | Pandey |
| Rañjana | G | m | 1 | Y | Pandey |
| Rohingya (Hanifi) | A | m | 1 | Y* | Pandey |
| Rongo Rongo | L | h | 1 | Y | Everson |
| Satavahana (see note 2) | G | h | 1 | ||
| Shavian Quikscript | A | h | 1 | Y | Everson |
| Shui Ideographs | I | h | |||
| Siddham | G | m | 1 | Y* | Pandey |
| Sidetic | A | h | |||
| SignWriting | I | m | 1 | Y | Everson, Slevinski, & Sutton |
| Siyaq (Diwani) | N | h | 1 | Y* | Pandey |
| Siyaq (Indic) | N | h | 1 | Y* | Pandey |
| Siyaq (Ottoman) | N | h | 1 | Y* | Pandey |
| Siyaq (Persian) | N | h | 1 | Y* | Pandey |
| Sogdian | A | h | 1 | ||
| Soyombo | G | m | 1 | Y* | Pandey |
| Stokoe (Stokoe Notation) | A | m | 1 | Priest | |
| Tangut (Xixia) | I | h | 1 | Y | UK et al. |
| Tani | I | h | 1 | Y* | Pandey |
| Tengwar | A | a | 1 | Y | Everson |
| Tikamuli | A | m | 1 | Y* | Pandey |
| Tirhuta (Maithili) | G | m | 1 | Approved (Unicode 7.0)* | Pandey |
| Todhri | A | h | 1 | ||
| Tolong Siki | A | m | 1 | Y* | Pandey |
| Tulu | G | h | 1 | Y | V. Murthy |
| Turkestani (see note 2) | G | h | 1 | ||
| Unifon (additions to Latin) | A | m | 1 | Y* | Everson |
| Veqilharxha | A | h | 1 | ||
| Veso Bey | A | h | |||
| Visible Speech | A | m | |||
| Warang Citi | G | m | 1 | Approved* | Everson |
| Woleai (Caroline Islands script) | S | h | 1 | Y* | Everson |
| Yezidi (see note 4) | m | ||||
| Yi Extensions | L | m | Y | Chinese NB | |
| Zhuang Square | I | h | |||
| Zou | A-S | m | 1 | Y* | Pandey |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
Note 1: "Alpine" (or North Italic) block includes the ancient Raetic, Venetic, Lepontic, and Gallic "alphabets". The question of whether the Alpine script should be unified with the Old Italic block has not yet been settled and is still under discussion.
Note 2: The following unencoded scripts may be covered by a unified Brahmi encoding: Chalukya, Khotanese, Satavahana, and Turkestani. However, the Brahmic encoding model needs to be worked through before a decision is made to unify or encode separately.
Note 3: Withdrawn pending further info.
Note 4: May be a cipher or shorthand, not to be encoded. However, investigation is necessary to determine its status.
Sources: Roadmap BMP 6.1, SMP 6.14
Last updated: October 09, 2012