OSMANYA (UNICODE BLOCK)

Osmanya is a Unicode block containing characters for writing the Somali language.

Osmanya^[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+1048x	𐒀	𐒁	𐒂	𐒃	𐒄	𐒅	𐒆	𐒇	𐒈	𐒉	𐒊	𐒋	𐒌	𐒍	𐒎	𐒏
U+1049x	𐒐	𐒑	𐒒	𐒓	𐒔	𐒕	𐒖	𐒗	𐒘	𐒙	𐒚	𐒛	𐒜	𐒝
U+104Ax	𐒠	𐒡	𐒢	𐒣	𐒤	𐒥	𐒦	𐒧	𐒨	𐒩
Notes 1. ^ As of Unicode version 15.1 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 Osmanya block:

Version	Final code points^[a]	Count	L2 ID	WG2 ID	Document
4.0	U+10480..1049D, 104A0..104A9	40	L2/99-063	N1948	Everson, Michael (1999-01-25), Proposal to encode the Osmanya script in Plane 1 of the UCS
			L2/01-271	N2361	Everson, Michael (2001-06-12), Revised proposal to encode the Osmanya script in the SMP of the UCS
			L2/01-284	N2361R	Everson, Michael (2001-07-14), Revised proposal to encode the Osmanya script in the SMP of the UCS
			L2/01-295R		Moore, Lisa (2001-11-06), "Motion 88-M6", Minutes from the UTC/L2 meeting #88, The UTC accepts the Osmanya script with the character names as documented in L2/01-284, to be encoded at 10480..104A9.
^ 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.