Armenian
RangeU+0530..U+058F
(96 code points)
PlaneBMP
ScriptsArmenian
Major alphabetsArmenian alphabet
Assigned91 code points
Unused5 reserved code points
Unicode version history
1.0.0 (1991)84 (+84)
1.1 (1993)85 (+1)
3.0 (1999)86 (+1)
6.1 (2012)87 (+1)
7.0 (2014)89 (+2)
11.0 (2018)91 (+2)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: [1][2]
This article contains Armenian text. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Armenian letters.

Armenian is a Unicode block containing characters for writing the Armenian language, both the classical and reformed orthographies. Five Armenian ligatures are encoded in the Alphabetic Presentation Forms block.

Block

Armenian[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+053x Ա Բ Գ Դ Ե Զ Է Ը Թ Ժ Ի Լ Խ Ծ Կ
U+054x Հ Ձ Ղ Ճ Մ Յ Ն Շ Ո Չ Պ Ջ Ռ Ս Վ Տ
U+055x Ր Ց Ւ Փ Ք Օ Ֆ ՙ ՚ ՛ ՜ ՝ ՞ ՟
U+056x ՠ ա բ գ դ ե զ է ը թ ժ ի լ խ ծ կ
U+057x հ ձ ղ ճ մ յ ն շ ո չ պ ջ ռ ս վ տ
U+058x ր ց ւ փ ք օ ֆ և ֈ ։ ֊ ֍ ֎ ֏
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 Armenian block:

Version Final code points[a] Count L2 ID WG2 ID Document
1.0.0 U+0531..0556, 0559..055F, 0561..0586, 0589 84 (to be determined)
L2/17-315 Golev, Yury; Anderson, Deborah (2017-09-07), Evidence of diaeresis in Armenian
L2/17-384 Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Moore, Lisa; Liang, Hai (2017-10-22), "4. Armenian", Recommendations to UTC #153 October 2017 on Script Proposals
L2/17-362 Moore, Lisa (2018-02-02), "C.5. Evidence of diaeresis in Armenian", UTC #153 Minutes
1.1 U+0587 1 (to be determined)
3.0 U+058A 1 N1395 Youatt, Richard (1996-06-04), Armenian Repertoire Proposal Summary Form
N1444 Everson, Michael (1996-08-07), Proposed amendments to N 1395 - Armenian
N1446 U.S. Position on Armenian (N 1395), 1996-08-09
N1453 Ksar, Mike; Umamaheswaran, V. S. (1996-12-06), "8.11", WG 2 Minutes - Quebec Meeting 31
N1560 Youatt, Richard (1997-05-16), Response on US feedback on Armenian
L2/97-161 N1616 Suignard, Michel (1997-07-03), Armenian ad hoc report
L2/97-288 N1603 Umamaheswaran, V. S. (1997-10-24), "8.23", Unconfirmed Meeting Minutes, WG 2 Meeting # 33, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, 20 June - 4 July 1997
L2/98-004R N1681 Text of ISO 10646 - AMD 18 for PDAM registration and FPDAM ballot, 1997-12-22
L2/98-318 N1894 Revised text of 10646-1/FPDAM 18, AMENDMENT 18: Symbols and Others, 1998-10-22
6.1 U+058F 1 L2/10-015R Moore, Lisa (2010-02-09), "D.5", UTC #122 / L2 #219 Minutes
L2/10-008R N3771 Pentzlin, Karl (2010-02-10), Proposal to encode an Armenian Dram currency symbol
N3824-SARM SARM – Armenian NB Comments on SC 2 N 4125, ISO/IEC FCD 10646) [Proposal for Armenian symbols], 2010-04-19
L2/10-136 N3827 Suignard, Michel (2010-04-21), "Proposal to add DRAM SIGN", Disposition of comments on SC2 N 4125 (ISO/IEC FCD 10646)
N3803 (pdf, doc) "M56.08g", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting no. 56, 2010-09-24
7.0 U+058D..058E 2 L2/98-426 N1981 Armenian Comments on SC 2 N 3134, Application for Registration No.221, Armenian alphabet coded character set for bibliographic information interchange, 1998-12-16
L2/99-047 N1984 Suignard, Michel (1999-02-05), Encoding of the Armenian script in ISO/IEC 10646, answer to SC2 N3222
L2/99-054R Aliprand, Joan (1999-06-21), "Armenian", Approved Minutes from the UTC/L2 meeting in Palo Alto, February 3-5, 1999
L2/99-232 N2003 Umamaheswaran, V. S. (1999-08-03), "7.2.1.5", Minutes of WG 2 meeting 36, Fukuoka, Japan, 1999-03-09--15
L2/10-133 N3824 Summary of Voting on SC 2 N 4125, ISO/IEC FCD 10646, 2010-04-19
N3824-SARM SARM – Armenian NB Comments on SC 2 N 4125, ISO/IEC FCD 10646) [Proposal for Armenian symbols], 2010-04-19
L2/10-136 N3827 Suignard, Michel (2010-04-21), "Proposal to add ETERNITY SIGN", Disposition of comments on SC2 N 4125 (ISO/IEC FCD 10646)
L2/10-354 N3924 Everson, Michael (2010-09-24), Proposal to encode two symbols for Armenian
L2/10-372 N3921 Summary of Voting on SC 2 N 4146, ISO/IEC CD 10646 (3rd Ed.), 2010-09-24
L2/10-373 N3923 Pentzlin, Karl (2010-09-24), Proposal to add an Armenian Eternity Sign to the UCS
N3903 (pdf, doc) "M57.13", Unconfirmed minutes of WG2 meeting 57, 2011-03-31
L2/11-261R2 Moore, Lisa (2011-08-16), "Consensus 128-C29", UTC #128 / L2 #225 Minutes, Approve revised code points for the two Armenian eternity signs...
N4103 "T.3. Miscellaneous Pictographic Symbols", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 58, 2012-01-03
11.0 U+0560, 0588 2 L2/17-032 N4806 Baronian, Luc V. (2017-01-19), Armenian Phonetic Characters in Unicode
L2/17-037 Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Glass, Andrew; Iancu, Laurențiu; Moore, Lisa; Liang, Hai; Ishida, Richard; Misra, Karan; McGowan, Rick (2017-01-21), "1. Armenian", Recommendations to UTC #150 January 2017 on Script Proposals
L2/17-016 Moore, Lisa (2017-02-08), "C.13", UTC #150 Minutes
N4953 (pdf, doc) "M66.03a", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 66, 2018-03-23, 058B ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER TURNED AYB is moved to 0560, and 058C ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER YI WITH STROKE is moved to 0588.
L2/17-353 Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken (2017-10-02), "A. Armenian", WG2 Consent Docket
L2/17-362 Moore, Lisa (2018-02-02), "Consensus 153-C1", UTC #153 Minutes
  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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