Adlam (Unicode block)

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?]

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: [1][2]

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 did 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.^[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

See also

• Numerals in Unicode