Mandaic is a Unicode block containing characters of the Mandaic script used for writing the historic Eastern Aramaic, also called Classical Mandaic, and the modern Neo-Mandaic language.
Mandaic | |
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Range | U+0840..U+085F (32 code points) |
Plane | BMP |
Scripts | Mandaic |
Major alphabets | Eastern Aramaic Modern Mandaic |
Assigned | 29 code points |
Unused | 3 reserved code points |
Unicode version history | |
6.0 (2010) | 29 (+29) |
Unicode documentation | |
Code chart ∣ Web page | |
Note: [1][2] |
Mandaic[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+084x | ࡀ | ࡁ | ࡂ | ࡃ | ࡄ | ࡅ | ࡆ | ࡇ | ࡈ | ࡉ | ࡊ | ࡋ | ࡌ | ࡍ | ࡎ | ࡏ |
U+085x | ࡐ | ࡑ | ࡒ | ࡓ | ࡔ | ࡕ | ࡖ | ࡗ | ࡘ | ࡙ | ࡚ | ࡛ | ࡞ | |||
Notes |
History
The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Mandaic block:
Version | Final code points[a] | Count | L2 ID | WG2 ID | Document |
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6.0 | U+0840..085B, 085E | 29 | L2/07-412 | N3373 | Everson, Michael (2008-01-18), Preliminary proposal to encode the Mandaic script in the BMP of the UCS |
L2/08-270R | N3485R | Everson, Michael; Richmond, Bob (2008-08-04), Proposal for encoding the Mandaic script in the BMP of the UCS | |||
L2/08-253R2 | Moore, Lisa (2008-08-19), "Mandaic (B.15.1, C.11)", UTC #116 Minutes | ||||
L2/08-412 | N3553 (pdf, doc) | Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2008-11-05), "M53.20", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 53 | |||
L2/10-413 | Pournader, Roozbeh (2010-10-15), Joining types for Mandaic | ||||
L2/10-427 | McGowan, Rick (2010-10-27), "ScriptExtensions.txt to mention Mandaic for U+0640 ARABIC TATWEEL", Comments on Public Review Issues (August 3, 2010 - October 27, 2010) | ||||
L2/10-416R | Moore, Lisa (2010-11-09), "Properties — Joining types for Mandaic", UTC #125 / L2 #222 Minutes | ||||
L2/14-194 | Anderson, Deborah (2014-08-04), Feedback on Mandaic Shaping | ||||
L2/14-177 | Moore, Lisa (2014-10-17), "Feedback on Mandaic Shaping (B.14.3)", UTC #140 Minutes | ||||
L2/20-044 | Al-Sabti, Ardwan (2019-12-25), The Non-Joining U+0858 in the Mandaic Unicode Standard | ||||
L2/20-043 | Al-Sabti, Ardwan (2020-01-03), The Non-Joining U+0856 in the Mandaic Unicode Standard | ||||
L2/20-046 | Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Moore, Lisa; Liang, Hai (2020-01-10), "5. Mandaic", Recommendations to UTC #162 January 2020 on Script Proposals | ||||
L2/20-049 | Al-Sabti, Ardwan (2020-01-10), Mandaic KAD | ||||
L2/20-015 | Moore, Lisa (2020-01-23), "C.11.1, C.11.2, and C.11.3", Draft Minutes of UTC Meeting 162 | ||||
Mandaic typefaces
Mandaic typefaces have been developed by Ardwan Al-Sabti. Typefaces developed by Ardwan Al-Sabti include:[3][4]
- Ardwan Mono (2010) is one of the first Mandaic typefaces.[5] Designed for code editors and developers.
- Mandaicana (2011)
- Ardwan Brush (Bahram) (2015) is a cursive font based on the manuscripts of Ganzibra Bahram.[6]
- Ardwan Script (2018), formerly called Ardwan Lidzbarski, is based on the Mandaic handwriting of Mark Lidzbarski.[7][8] It was used in a critical edition of the Mandaean Book of John by Häberl & McGrath (2020).[9]
- Ardwan Punch (Euting) (2019) is based on technical aspects of Julius Euting's 19th-century punch letters.
- Ardwan Deco (2020) is based on handwritten elements in Julius Euting's 19th-century punch letters.
- Ardwan Round (Drower) (2021) is based on the Mandaic handwriting of E. S. Drower.[10]
- Ardwan Reed (RRC) (2022), based on the oldest Mandaic manuscripts in the RRC (the Rabi Rafid Collection of Mandaic manuscripts) and the most recent studies related to Mandaic typography by Ardwan Al-Sabti.[11]
- Ardwan Sans Pro (2023) is designed to be a primary system font.
References
External links
- Mandaic fonts by Ardwan Al-Sabti
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