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See also: Ethiopic Supplement (Unicode block), Ethiopic Extended (Unicode block), Ethiopic Extended-A, and Ethiopic Extended-B Unicode character block
Ethiopic
RangeU+1200..U+137F
(384 code points)
PlaneBMP
ScriptsEthiopic
Major alphabetsGeʽez
Assigned358 code points
Unused26 reserved code points
Unicode version history
3.0 (1999)345 (+345)
4.1 (2005)356 (+11)
6.0 (2010)358 (+2)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note:

Ethiopic is a Unicode block containing characters for writing the Geʽez, Tigrinya, Amharic, Tigre, Harari, Gurage and other Ethiosemitic languages and Central Cushitic languages or Agaw languages.

Block

Ethiopic
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
U+120x ሀ ሁ ሂ ሃ ሄ ህ ሆ ሇ ለ ሉ ሊ ላ ሌ ል ሎ ሏ
U+121x ሐ ሑ ሒ ሓ ሔ ሕ ሖ ሗ መ ሙ ሚ ማ ሜ ም ሞ ሟ
U+122x ሠ ሡ ሢ ሣ ሤ ሥ ሦ ሧ ረ ሩ ሪ ራ ሬ ር ሮ ሯ
U+123x ሰ ሱ ሲ ሳ ሴ ስ ሶ ሷ ሸ ሹ ሺ ሻ ሼ ሽ ሾ ሿ
U+124x ቀ ቁ ቂ ቃ ቄ ቅ ቆ ቇ ቈ ቊ ቋ ቌ ቍ
U+125x ቐ ቑ ቒ ቓ ቔ ቕ ቖ ቘ ቚ ቛ ቜ ቝ
U+126x በ ቡ ቢ ባ ቤ ብ ቦ ቧ ቨ ቩ ቪ ቫ ቬ ቭ ቮ ቯ
U+127x ተ ቱ ቲ ታ ቴ ት ቶ ቷ ቸ ቹ ቺ ቻ ቼ ች ቾ ቿ
U+128x ኀ ኁ ኂ ኃ ኄ ኅ ኆ ኇ ኈ ኊ ኋ ኌ ኍ
U+129x ነ ኑ ኒ ና ኔ ን ኖ ኗ ኘ ኙ ኚ ኛ ኜ ኝ ኞ ኟ
U+12Ax አ ኡ ኢ ኣ ኤ እ ኦ ኧ ከ ኩ ኪ ካ ኬ ክ ኮ ኯ
U+12Bx ኰ ኲ ኳ ኴ ኵ ኸ ኹ ኺ ኻ ኼ ኽ ኾ
U+12Cx ዀ ዂ ዃ ዄ ዅ ወ ዉ ዊ ዋ ዌ ው ዎ ዏ
U+12Dx ዐ ዑ ዒ ዓ ዔ ዕ ዖ ዘ ዙ ዚ ዛ ዜ ዝ ዞ ዟ
U+12Ex ዠ ዡ ዢ ዣ ዤ ዥ ዦ ዧ የ ዩ ዪ ያ ዬ ይ ዮ ዯ
U+12Fx ደ ዱ ዲ ዳ ዴ ድ ዶ ዷ ዸ ዹ ዺ ዻ ዼ ዽ ዾ ዿ
U+130x ጀ ጁ ጂ ጃ ጄ ጅ ጆ ጇ ገ ጉ ጊ ጋ ጌ ግ ጎ ጏ
U+131x ጐ ጒ ጓ ጔ ጕ ጘ ጙ ጚ ጛ ጜ ጝ ጞ ጟ
U+132x ጠ ጡ ጢ ጣ ጤ ጥ ጦ ጧ ጨ ጩ ጪ ጫ ጬ ጭ ጮ ጯ
U+133x ጰ ጱ ጲ ጳ ጴ ጵ ጶ ጷ ጸ ጹ ጺ ጻ ጼ ጽ ጾ ጿ
U+134x ፀ ፁ ፂ ፃ ፄ ፅ ፆ ፇ ፈ ፉ ፊ ፋ ፌ ፍ ፎ ፏ
U+135x ፐ ፑ ፒ ፓ ፔ ፕ ፖ ፗ ፘ ፙ ፚ ፝ ፞ ፟
U+136x ፠ ፡ ። ፣ ፤ ፥ ፦ ፧ ፨ ፩ ፪ ፫ ፬ ፭ ፮ ፯
U+137x ፰ ፱ ፲ ፳ ፴ ፵ ፶ ፷ ፸ ፹ ፺ ፻ ፼
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 Ethiopic block:

Version Final code points Count UTC ID L2 ID WG2 ID Document
3.0 U+1200..1206, 1208..1246, 1248, 124A..124D, 1250..1256, 1258, 125A..125D, 1260..1286, 1288, 128A..128D, 1290..12AE, 12B0, 12B2..12B5, 12B8..12BE, 12C0, 12C2..12C5, 12C8..12CE, 12D0..12D6, 12D8..12EE, 12F0..130E, 1310, 1312..1315, 1318..131E, 1320..1346, 1348..135A, 1361..137C 345 UTC/1991-043 Becker, Joe, Ethiopian
X3L2/92-143 N807 Mann, Michael; Ross, Hugh McGregor (1992-05-14), Comments on Ethiopian Script
UTC/1995-013 Becker, Joe (1995-02-26), Proposal for Ethiopian Encoding in Unicode/10646
N1165 Everson, Michael (1995-03-11), Names of Ethiopian characters
UTC/1995-055b Yacob, Daniel (1995-10-06), Ethiopic Glyphs Variants
X3L2/95-116 N1270 Ross, Hugh McGregor (1995-10-12), Proposal for Inclusion of Ethiopian-Eritrean Syllabary
UTC/1995-055a X3L2/95-134 N1326 Becker, Joe (1995-12-07), Conclusive Proposal for Encoding of Ethiopic Syllabary
UTC/1996-002 Aliprand, Joan; Hart, Edwin; Greenfield, Steve (1996-03-05), "Ethiopic", UTC #67 Minutes
N1372 Ross, Hugh McGregor (1996-04-23), Update on N 1270 and N 1326 - Ethiopic
UTC/1996-024 X3L2/96-067 Everson, Michael; Becker, Joe (1996-06-04), Michael Everson Response to SOAS
UTC/1996-025 Becker, Joe, Follow up response to WG2 N1326 re Encoding of Ethiopic Syllabary
N1353 Umamaheswaran, V. S.; Ksar, Mike (1996-06-25), "8.4", Draft minutes of WG2 Copenhagen Meeting # 30
N1420 Becker, Joe (1996-07-27), Conclusive Proposal for Encoding of Ethiopic Syllabary, Update
X3L2/96-119 N1485 Adams, Glenn (1996-12-01), Proposed Draft Amendment No. 10 to ISO/IEC 10646-1
N1453 Ksar, Mike; Umamaheswaran, V. S. (1996-12-06), "8.5", WG 2 Minutes - Quebec Meeting 31
X3L2/96-123 Aliprand, Joan; Winkler, Arnold (1996-12-18), "6.2.3", Preliminary Minutes - UTC #71 & X3L2 #168 ad hoc meeting, San Diego - December 5-6, 1996
L2/97-003 Paterson, Bruce (1997-01-28), Combined PDAM registration and ballot for FPDAM 10: Ethiopic script
N1594 Summary of Voting/Table of Replies, Amendment 10 – Ethiopic, 1997-06-17
L2/97-159 N1614 Resolving Japanese Comments on pDAM 10 , 1997-07-01
L2/97-288 N1603 Umamaheswaran, V. S. (1997-10-24), "6.2", Unconfirmed Meeting Minutes, WG 2 Meeting # 33, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, 20 June – 4 July 1997
L2/97-276 N1630 Report on JTC1/SC2 letter ballot on FPDAM No. 10 to ISO/IEC 10646-1 (Ethiopic Script), 1997-12-01
L2/98-018 Disposition of Comments Report on Document SC 2 N 2805, Combined PDAM Registration and FPDAM ballot: Amendment 10: Ethioptic Script, 1998-01-14
L2/98-316 Notices of publication for various amendments and standards
L2/99-122 Clews, John (1999-03-31), Ordering labio-velar characters in Ethiopic
L2/00-282 Everson, Michael (2000-08-25), Proposed glyph fixes for Ethiopic pages in ISO/IEC 10646-1:2000
4.1 U+1207, 1247, 1287, 12AF, 12CF, 12EF, 130F, 131F, 1347, 135F..1360 11 UTC/1991-026 X3L2/91-024 Anderson, Lloyd (1991-02-26), On the Extended Ethiopic Alphabet
L2/98-300 N1846 Everson, Michael; Yacob, Daniel (1998-09-11), Proposal to encode Ethiopic Extensions in the BMP of ISO/IEC 10646
L2/04-143 N2747 Yacob, Daniel (2004-04-23), Revision of the N1846 Proposal to add Extended Ethiopic to the BMP of the UCS
L2/04-265R N2814R Everson, Michael; Yacob, Daniel (2004-06-18), Revisions proposed to N2747 (Extended Ethiopic)
L2/11-261R2 Moore, Lisa (2011-08-16), "Consensus 128-C6", UTC #128 / L2 #225 Minutes, Change the general category from "So" to "Po" ...
6.0 U+135D..135E 2 L2/09-050R N3572 Priest, Lorna (2009-02-05), Proposal to Encode Additional Ethiopic Characters
L2/09-003R Moore, Lisa (2009-02-12), "B.15.16", UTC #118 / L2 #215 Minutes
L2/09-234 N3603 (pdf, doc) Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2009-07-08), "M54.11", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 54
  1. Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

References

  1. "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  2. "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
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