ISO-IR-197 (known by the ISO-IR registration number of its GR set) is an 8-bit, single-byte character encoding which was designed for the Sámi languages. It is a modification of ISO 8859-1, replacing certain punctuation and symbol characters with additional letters used in certain Sámi orthographies. FreeDOS calls it code page 59187.[1]

ISO-IR-197 was proposed for establishment as a part of ISO/IEC 8859 in 1996 (as part 14 and, later, part 15), but was not accepted for this.[2][3][4] However, ISO-IR-197 is referenced in an informative ISO/IEC 8859 annex, which lists it as an encoding which provides a more adequate coverage of the orthography of certain Sámi languages such as Skolt Sámi than ISO-8859-4 or ISO-8859-10, unless the latter is combined with ISO-IR-158.[5]

Code page layout

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Differences from ISO 8859-1 have their Unicode code point.

ISO-IR-197
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
0x
1x
2x  SP  ! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . /
3x 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 : ; < = > ?
4x @ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O
5x P Q R S T U V W X Y Z [ \ ] ^ _
6x ` a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o
7x p q r s t u v w x y z { | } ~
8x
9x
Ax NBSP Č
010C
č
010D
Đ
0110
đ
0111
Ǥ
01E4
ǥ
01E5
§ Ǧ
01E6
© ǧ
01E7
« Ǩ
01E8
SHY ǩ
01E9
Ŋ
014A
Bx ° ŋ
014B
Š
0160
š
0161
´ Ŧ
0166
· ŧ
0167
Ž
017D
ž
017E
» Ʒ
01B7
ʒ
0292
Ǯ
01EE
ǯ
01EF
Cx À Á Â Ã Ä Å Æ Ç È É Ê Ë Ì Í Î Ï
Dx Ð Ñ Ò Ó Ô Õ Ö × Ø Ù Ú Û Ü Ý Þ ß
Ex à á â ã ä å æ ç è é ê ë ì í î ï
Fx ð ñ ò ó ô õ ö ÷ ø ù ú û ü ý þ ÿ

Windows extension

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As documented by Evertype, some Windows implementations use a variant which adds graphical characters to the C1 area (0x80-9F), including some of the other characters from the Mac OS Sámi repertoire. This was intended to be analogous to the Windows version of Latin-1 (i.e. Windows-1252),[6] and follows its layout where possible. Differences from Windows-1252 have their Unicode code point:

ISO-IR-197 Windows (differences only)[6]
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
8x ƒ ¬
00AC

2260
£
00A3
¿
00BF
Ȟ
021E
Œ
9x ®
00AE
¡
00A1
ȟ
021F
œ Ÿ

ISO-IR-209

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ISO-IR-209 is an update that replaced the guillemets at 0xAB and 0xBB with the letter H with caron to add Finnish Romani support.[7] FreeDOS calls it Code page 60211.[8]

ISO-IR-209 (differences only)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
Ax NBSP Č č Đ đ Ǥ ǥ § Ǧ © ǧ Ȟ
021E
Ǩ SHY ǩ Ŋ
Bx ° ŋ Š š ´ Ŧ · ŧ Ž ž ȟ
021F
Ʒ ʒ Ǯ ǯ

References

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  1. ^ "Cpi/CPIISO/Codepage.TXT at master · FDOS/Cpi". GitHub.
  2. ^ Everson, Michael (1996-06-19). "Proposal for a new part of ISO/IEC 8859: Latin alphabet No. 9 (Sámi)". ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG3 N362. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  3. ^ Everson, Michael. "Proposed ISO 8859-14 (later 15)". Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  4. ^ Swedish Institute for Standards (1997-01-24). ISO-IR-197: Sami supplementary Latin set (PDF). ITSCJ/IPSJ.
  5. ^ "Annex A: Coverage of languages by parts 1 to 10 of ISO/IEC 8859 (informative)" (PDF). Final Text of DIS 8859-1, 8-bit single-byte coded graphiccharacter sets — Part 1: Latin alphabet No.1. 1998-02-12. ISO/IEC FDIS 8859-1:1998 / JTC 1/SC 2 N2988 / WG3 N411.
  6. ^ a b Everson, Michael (2001-09-21). "ISO-IR 197 Sámi Standard". Evertype.
  7. ^ Finnish Standards Association (1999-12-07). ISO-IR-209: Sami supplementary Latin set no 2 (PDF). ITSCJ/IPSJ.
  8. ^ "Cpi/CPIISO/Codepage.TXT at master · FDOS/Cpi". GitHub.