Adlam (Unicode block)

Adlam
Adlam
Range	U+1E900..U+1E95F; (96 code points)
Plane	SMP
Scripts	Adlam
Assigned	88 code points
Unused	8 reserved code points
Unicode version history
9.0 (2016)	87 (+87)
12.0 (2019)	88 (+1)
Unicode documentation
	Code chart ∣ Web page
	Note:

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Adlam is a Unicode block containing characters from the Adlam script, an alphabetic script devised during the late 1980s for writing the Fula language in Guinea, Nigeria, Liberia, and other nearby countries.^[which?]

History

In June 2016, Adlam was added to the Unicode Standard with the release of version 9.0.^[3]

In October 2017, Google released a Noto font that supports the block, Noto Sans Adlam, although it does not handle prenasalized consonants properly.^[4]

On 3 October 2018, Microsoft released an updated Ebrima font to support Adlam alphabet to Windows Insiders as part of the Windows 10 version 1903 feature update, starting from build 18252. Again, it does not handle prenasalized consonants properly.^[5]

Characters

Adlam^[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+1E90x	𞤀	𞤁	𞤂	𞤃	𞤄	𞤅	𞤆	𞤇	𞤈	𞤉	𞤊	𞤋	𞤌	𞤍	𞤎	𞤏
U+1E91x	𞤐	𞤑	𞤒	𞤓	𞤔	𞤕	𞤖	𞤗	𞤘	𞤙	𞤚	𞤛	𞤜	𞤝	𞤞	𞤟
U+1E92x	𞤠	𞤡	𞤢	𞤣	𞤤	𞤥	𞤦	𞤧	𞤨	𞤩	𞤪	𞤫	𞤬	𞤭	𞤮	𞤯
U+1E93x	𞤰	𞤱	𞤲	𞤳	𞤴	𞤵	𞤶	𞤷	𞤸	𞤹	𞤺	𞤻	𞤼	𞤽	𞤾	𞤿
U+1E94x	𞥀	𞥁	𞥂	𞥃	𞥄	𞥅	𞥆	𞥇	𞥈	𞥉	𞥊	𞥋
U+1E95x	𞥐	𞥑	𞥒	𞥓	𞥔	𞥕	𞥖	𞥗	𞥘	𞥙					𞥞	𞥟
Notes 1.^ As of Unicode version 16.0 2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

History

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

Version	Final code points^[a]	Count	L2 ID	WG2 ID	Document
9.0	U+1E900..1E94A, 1E950..1E959, 1E95E..1E95F	87	L2/13-191	N4488	Everson, Michael (2013-10-28), Preliminary proposal to encode the Adlam script in the SMP of the UCS
			L2/13-210		Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; McGowan, Rick; Pournader, Roozbeh (2013-10-31), "2", Recommendations to UTC #137 November 2013 on Script Proposals
			L2/14-219R	N4628	Everson, Michael (2014-09-23), Proposal for encoding the Adlam script in the SMP of the UCS
			L2/14-268R		Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; McGowan, Rick; Pournader, Roozbeh; Iancu, Laurențiu; Glass, Andrew; Constable, Peter; Suignard, Michel (2014-10-27), "9. Adlam", Recommendations to UTC #141 October 2014 on Script Proposals
			L2/14-250		Moore, Lisa (2014-11-10), "Consensus 141-C20", UTC #141 Minutes, Accept 87 Adlam characters at U+1E900..U+1E95F in block Adlam U+1E900..U+1E95F, with properties as given in L2/14-219R for encoding in a future version of the standard.
			L2/16-052	N4603 (pdf, doc)	Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2015-09-01), "10.2.6", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 63
			L2/19-070		Patel, Neil; Jamra, Mark (2019-01-19), Replacement of Adlam Reference Font in Codesheet to Updated Design
			L2/19-119R	N5076	Patel, Neil; Jamra, Mark; Cornelius, Craig; Barry, Ibrahima; Barry, Abdoulaye (2019-04-19), Replacement of Adlam Reference Font in Codesheet to Updated Design
			L2/19-173		Anderson, Deborah; et al. (2019-04-29), "5. Adlam", Recommendations to UTC #159 April-May 2019 on Script Proposals
			L2/19-122		Moore, Lisa (2019-05-08), "C.14", UTC #159 Minutes
12.0	U+1E94B	1	L2/18-282		Barry, Abdoulaye; Barry, Ibrahima; Constable, Peter; Glass, Andrew (2018-08-26), Proposal to encode ADLAM LETTER APOSTROPHE for ADLaM script
			L2/18-274		McGowan, Rick (2018-09-14), "Feedback on an Encoding Proposal L2/18-282", Comments on Public Review Issues (July 24 - Sept 14, 2018)
			L2/18-300		Anderson, Deborah; et al. (2018-09-14), "3. Adlam", Recommendations to UTC #157 on Script Proposals
			L2/18-282R	N5022	Barry, Abdoulaye; Barry, Ibrahima; Constable, Peter; Glass, Andrew (2018-11-17), Proposal to encode ADLAMNASALIZATION MARKfor ADLaM script
			L2/18-272		Moore, Lisa (2018-10-29), "C.7", UTC #157 Minutes
^ Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names