Avestan (Unicode block)

Avestan is a Unicode block containing characters devised for recording the Zoroastrian religious texts, Avesta, and was used to write the Middle Persian, or Pazand language.

Avestan
RangeU+10B00..U+10B3F
(64 code points)
PlaneSMP
ScriptsAvestan
Major alphabetsPazand
Assigned61 code points
Unused3 reserved code points
Unicode version history
5.2 (2009)61 (+61)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: [1][2]
Avestan[1][2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
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U+10B0x 𐬀 𐬁 𐬂 𐬃 𐬄 𐬅 𐬆 𐬇 𐬈 𐬉 𐬊 𐬋 𐬌 𐬍 𐬎 𐬏
U+10B1x 𐬐 𐬑 𐬒 𐬓 𐬔 𐬕 𐬖 𐬗 𐬘 𐬙 𐬚 𐬛 𐬜 𐬝 𐬞 𐬟
U+10B2x 𐬠 𐬡 𐬢 𐬣 𐬤 𐬥 𐬦 𐬧 𐬨 𐬩 𐬪 𐬫 𐬬 𐬭 𐬮 𐬯
U+10B3x 𐬰 𐬱 𐬲 𐬳 𐬴 𐬵 𐬹 𐬺 𐬻 𐬼 𐬽 𐬾 𐬿
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 16.0
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 Avestan block:

References

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