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 | |
|---|---|
| Range | U+10400..U+1044F (80 code points) |
| Plane | SMP |
| Scripts | Deseret |
| Major alphabets | Deseret English |
| Assigned | 80 code points |
| Unused | 0 reserved code points |
| Source standards | ConScript Unicode Registry |
| Unicode version history | |
| 3.1 (2001) | 76 (+76) |
| 4.0 (2003) | 80 (+4) |
| Unicode documentation | |
| Code chart ∣ Web page | |
| Note: [1][2] | |
| 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
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History
editThe 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 | ||||
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References
edit- ^ "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´»