DESERET (UNICODE BLOCK)

Deseret ( /ˌdɛzəˈrɛt/ ^ⓘ)^[3] is a Unicode block containing characters in the Deseret alphabet, which were invented by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) to write English. The Deseret block was derived from an earlier private use encoding in the ConScript Unicode Registry, like the Shavian and Phaistos Disc encodings. The block was added in version 3.1 of the Unicode Standard; the letters Oi and Ew, both uppercase and lowercase, were added in version 4.0.

Deseret^[1] Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	A	B	C	D	E	F
U+1040x	𐐀	𐐁	𐐂	𐐃	𐐄	𐐅	𐐆	𐐇	𐐈	𐐉	𐐊	𐐋	𐐌	𐐍	𐐎	𐐏
U+1041x	𐐐	𐐑	𐐒	𐐓	𐐔	𐐕	𐐖	𐐗	𐐘	𐐙	𐐚	𐐛	𐐜	𐐝	𐐞	𐐟
U+1042x	𐐠	𐐡	𐐢	𐐣	𐐤	𐐥	𐐦	𐐧	𐐨	𐐩	𐐪	𐐫	𐐬	𐐭	𐐮	𐐯
U+1043x	𐐰	𐐱	𐐲	𐐳	𐐴	𐐵	𐐶	𐐷	𐐸	𐐹	𐐺	𐐻	𐐼	𐐽	𐐾	𐐿
U+1044x	𐑀	𐑁	𐑂	𐑃	𐑄	𐑅	𐑆	𐑇	𐑈	𐑉	𐑊	𐑋	𐑌	𐑍	𐑎	𐑏
Notes 1. ^ As of Unicode version 15.1

History

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

Version	Final code points^[a]	Count	L2 ID	WG2 ID	Document
3.1	U+10400..10425, 10428..1044D	76	X3L2/96-104		Jenkins, John H. (1996-11-08), Proposal for encoding the Deseret Alphabet in ISO/IEC 10646
			X3L2/96-123		Aliprand, Joan; Winkler, Arnold (1996-12-18), "4.1 Deseret alphabet", Preliminary Minutes - UTC #71 & X3L2 #168 ad hoc meeting, San Diego - December 5-6, 1996
				N1498	Jenkins, John (1997-01-20), Proposal for Encoding Deseret Alphabet
			L2/97-030	N1503 (pdf, doc)	Umamaheswaran, V. S.; Ksar, Mike (1997-04-01), "8.9", Unconfirmed Minutes of WG 2 Meeting #32, Singapore; 1997-01-20--24
			L2/99-019	N1891	Everson, Michael (1998-10-16), On encoding the Deseret script in Plane 1 of the UCS
				N1891R	Everson, Michael (1999-01-23), On encoding the Deseret script in Plane 1 of the UCS
4.0	U+10426..10427, 1044E..1044F	4	L2/02-169	N2474	Beesley, Kenneth (2002-04-25), Proposal to Modify the Encoding of Deseret
			L2/02-218	N2473	Proposal to Add Two Deseret Alphabet Letters to ISO/IEC 10646, 2002-05-17
			L2/02-166R2		Moore, Lisa (2002-08-09), "Scripts and New Characters - Deseret", UTC #91 Minutes
^ 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.
^ churchofjesuschrist.org: "Book of Mormon Pronunciation Guide" (retrieved 2012-02-25), IPA-ified from «dĕz-a-rĕt´»