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Bassa Vah (Unicode block)

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Bassa Vah
RangeU+16AD0..U+16AFF
(48 code points)
PlaneSMP
ScriptsBassa Vah
Major alphabetsBassa
Assigned36 code points
Unused12 reserved code points
Unicode version history
7.0 (2014)36 (+36)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: [1][2]

Bassa Vah is a Unicode block containing characters of the Bassa Vah alphabet which were historically used for writing the Bassa language of Liberia and Sierra Leone.[3]

Bassa Vah[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+16ADx 𖫐 𖫑 𖫒 𖫓 𖫔 𖫕 𖫖 𖫗 𖫘 𖫙 𖫚 𖫛 𖫜 𖫝 𖫞 𖫟
U+16AEx 𖫠 𖫡 𖫢 𖫣 𖫤 𖫥 𖫦 𖫧 𖫨 𖫩 𖫪 𖫫 𖫬 𖫭
U+16AFx 𖫰 𖫱 𖫲 𖫳 𖫴 𖫵
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 16.0
2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

History

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The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Bassa Vah block:

References

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  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.
  3. ^ Everson, Michael; Riley, Charles (2010-10-06). "N3941R: Final proposal for encoding the Bassa Vah script in the SMP of the UCS" (PDF). Working Group Document, ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2.