Batak (Unicode block)

Batak
Batak
Range	U+1BC0..U+1BFF; (64 code points)
Plane	BMP
Scripts	Batak
Major alphabets	Karo; Mandailing; Pakpak; Simalungun; Toba
Assigned	56 code points
Unused	8 reserved code points
Unicode version history
6.0 (2010)	56 (+56)
Unicode documentation
	Code chart ∣ Web page
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Batak is a Unicode block containing characters for writing the Batak dialects of Karo, Mandailing, Pakpak, Simalungun, and Toba.^[3]

Batak^[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+1BCx	ᯀ	ᯁ	ᯂ	ᯃ	ᯄ	ᯅ	ᯆ	ᯇ	ᯈ	ᯉ	ᯊ	ᯋ	ᯌ	ᯍ	ᯎ	ᯏ
U+1BDx	ᯐ	ᯑ	ᯒ	ᯓ	ᯔ	ᯕ	ᯖ	ᯗ	ᯘ	ᯙ	ᯚ	ᯛ	ᯜ	ᯝ	ᯞ	ᯟ
U+1BEx	ᯠ	ᯡ	ᯢ	ᯣ	ᯤ	ᯥ	᯦	ᯧ	ᯨ	ᯩ	ᯪ	ᯫ	ᯬ	ᯭ	ᯮ	ᯯ
U+1BFx	ᯰ	ᯱ	᯲	᯳									᯼	᯽	᯾	᯿
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 Batak block:

Version	Final code points^[a]	Count	L2 ID	WG2 ID	Document
6.0	U+1BC0..1BF3, 1BFC..1BFF	56	L2/99-066		Everson, Michael (1999-02-11), Batak script [preliminary chart]
			L2/07-233R	N3293R	Everson, Michael (2007-07-26), Preliminary proposal for encoding the Batak script in the UCS
			L2/08-147	N3446	McGowan, Rick; Whistler, Ken (2008-04-14), Discussion of Batak Vowel Ordering
			L2/08-274	N3489	Everson, Michael; Kozok, Uli (2008-08-04), On the inputting model for Batak
			L2/08-312		Anderson, Deborah (2008-08-11), Batak Input
			L2/08-011R	N3320R	Everson, Michael; Kozok, Uli (2008-10-07), Proposal for encoding the Batak script in the UCS
			L2/08-412	N3553 (pdf, doc)	Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2008-11-05), "M53.21", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 53
			L2/09-063		Anderson, Deborah (2009-01-29), Dialect‐Specific Characters in Batak (Batak proposal: L2/08‐011 WG2 N3320R)
			L2/09-104		Moore, Lisa (2009-05-20), "Consensus 119-C23", UTC #119 / L2 #216 Minutes
				N4103	"Resolution: M58.02", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 58, 2012-01-03
^ Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

^ "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
^ "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
^ Everson, Michael; Kozok, Uli (2008-10-07). "Proposal for encoding the Batak script in the UCS" (PDF).