Thaana (Unicode block)

Thaana is a Unicode block containing characters for the Thaana script used for writing the Dhivehi and Arabic languages in the Maldives.

Thaana[1][2] Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)

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U+078x

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U+079x

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U+07Ax

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U+07Bx

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Notes 1.^ As of Unicode version 16.0 2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

Thaana
Range	U+0780..U+07BF (64 code points)
Plane	BMP
Scripts	Thaana
Major alphabets	Dhivehi
Assigned	50 code points
Unused	14 reserved code points
Unicode version history
3.0 (1999)	49 (+49)
3.2 (2002)	50 (+1)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: [1][2]

History

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

Version	Final code points[a]	Count	UTC ID	L2 ID	WG2 ID	Document
3.0	U+0780..07B0	49	UTC/1991-100			McGowan, Rick (1991-10-25), Maldivian (Dihevi) block description and chart draft
				L2/97-036	N1519R	Everson, Michael (1997-05-30), Proposal for encoding the Thaana script in ISO/IEC 10646
				L2/97-197		Jenkins, John; Everson, Michael (1997-05-30), Thaana proposal
				L2/97-288	N1603	Umamaheswaran, V. S. (1997-10-24), "8.16", Unconfirmed Meeting Minutes, WG 2 Meeting # 33, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, 20 June – 4 July 1997
				L2/97-255R		Aliprand, Joan (1997-12-03), "Maldividan (Thaana)", Approved Minutes – UTC #73 & L2 #170 joint meeting, Palo Alto, CA – August 4-5, 1997
				L2/98-161	N1699	Everson, Michael (1998-03-10), Thaana new code chart and name list
				L2/98-173		Text for PDAM registration and consideration ballot for ISO 10646-1 Amendment 24 - Thaana, 1998-05-11
				L2/98-158		Aliprand, Joan; Winkler, Arnold (1998-05-26), "Thaana", Draft Minutes – UTC #76 & NCITS Subgroup L2 #173 joint meeting, Tredyffrin, Pennsylvania, April 20-22, 1998
				L2/98-286	N1703	Umamaheswaran, V. S.; Ksar, Mike (1998-07-02), "8.16", Unconfirmed Meeting Minutes, WG 2 Meeting #34, Redmond, WA, USA; 1998-03-16--20
					N1834	Summary of Voting/Table of Replies - Amendment 24 - Thaana, 1998-08-27
				L2/98-323	N1909	ISO/IEC 10646-1/FPDAM 24, AMENDMENT 24: Thaana, 1998-10-23
				L2/99-010	N1903 (pdf, html, doc)	Umamaheswaran, V. S. (1998-12-30), "6.7.7", Minutes of WG 2 meeting 35, London, U.K.; 1998-09-21--25
				L2/99-232	N2003	Umamaheswaran, V. S. (1999-08-03), "6.2.7 FPDAM24 – Thaana script", Minutes of WG 2 meeting 36, Fukuoka, Japan, 1999-03-09--15
3.2	U+07B1	1		L2/00-120		Nelson, Paul; Beam, Paul; Gadir, Mohamen Abdul (2000-04-07), Proposal to add characters for use with Thaana Script (Divehi language)
				L2/00-115R2		Moore, Lisa (2000-08-08), "Thaana", Minutes Of UTC Meeting #83
				L2/00-187		Moore, Lisa (2000-08-23), "Motion 84-M5", UTC minutes -- Boston, August 8-11, 2000
				L2/00-328	N2264	Whistler, Ken (2000-09-19), Proposal for Encoding Thaana letter Naa in the BMP
				L2/01-050	N2253	Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2001-01-21), "Resolution M39.21 (Thaana Letter Naa)", Minutes of the SC2/WG2 meeting in Athens, September 2000
Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names