The Type field indicates the basic script type (A) alphabets & abjads, (A-S) Alphasyllabary, (G) abugidas, (L) logosyllabaries, (I) ideographic systems, (N) Numeric, (Lg) Logographs, and (S) syllabaries. The secondary HMA type values are "h" for historical scripts, "m" for living minority scripts (including those in liturgical use and categorized as "near-modern"), and "a" for artificial scripts..
The Plane field indicates whether the proposal is suggested for encoding on the BMP (0) or the SMP (1).
The Proposal field indicates whether a proposal has been written, denoted either with a "Y" (for "Yes") or "Approved" (if the proposal has been approved by the Unicode Technical Committee). A link is made to the most current proposal.
The Chart Font field indicates whether a font acceptable for printing the code charts in the standard has been obtained.
The Free Font field indicates whether a Unicode-compatible font for the proposed encoding (or PUA facsimile) is available for download by the general public at no charge.
(The Proposal and Free Font fields will contain links to the latest proposals or fonts if available. In some cases the proposals are only preliminary, and may include just a code chart and a list of names.)
The Contact field is the name of the central contact person in charge of coordinating activities related to the script proposal. "Everson" is Michael Everson and "Pandey" is Anshuman Pandey.
Note: For basic questions that need to be answered on specific proposals, please see the ProposalQuestions.html webpage.
| Script Name | Type | HMA | Plane | Y | Chart Font | Free Font | Contact name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afaka (Ndjuka) | S | m | 1 | Y | - | - | Everson |
| Ahom | G | m | 1 | Y | - | - | Hosken and Morey |
| Alpine scripts (see note 1) | A | h | 1 | - | - | - | Everson |
| Anatolian Hieroglyphs | L | h | 1 | Y | - | - | Everson |
| Archaic Miao Square script | S | h | - | - | |||
| Aztec Pictograms | I | h | 1 | - | - | - | |
| Bagam (Eghap) | S | m | 1 | - | - | - | |
| Balti A | G | h | 1 | Y | Y | - | Pandey |
| Balti B | G | h | 1 | Y | Y | - | Pandey |
| Bassa Vah | A | m | 1 | Approved | - | - | Everson, Riley |
| Beria | G | m | 0 | Y | Y | - | Priest |
| Bété | S | m | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Bhaiksuki | G | h | 1 | Y | - | - | Pandey |
| Blissymbolics | I | m | 1 | Y | - | - | Everson |
| Book Pahlavi | A | h | 1 | Y | - | - | Everson, Pournader, and Durkin-Meisterernst |
| Box Headed (see Chalukya) | - | - | |||||
| Büthakukye | A | h | 1 | - | - | - | |
| Byblos | h | 1 | - | - | - | ||
| Caucasian Albanian | A | h | 1 | Approved | - | - | Michael Everson and Jost Gippert |
| Chalukya (Box Headed; see note 2) | G | h | 1 | - | - | - | |
| Chinook see Duployan | - | - | - | - | - | - | Anderson |
| Chola | G | h | 1 | - | - | - | |
| Cirth | A | a | 1 | Y | - | - | Everson |
| Cypro-Minoan | L | h | 1 | - | - | - | |
| Dhimal | - | - | 1 | Y | - | - | Pandey |
| Dhives Akuru | S | h | 1 | Y | - | - | Pandey |
| Duployan Shorthand and Chinook | A | m | 1 | Approved | - | - | Anderson |
| Early Dynastic Cuneiform | - | h | 1 | Y | - | - | Crisostomo and Everson |
| Elbasan | A | h | 1 | Approved | - | - | Everson |
| Elymaic | A | h | 1 | - | - | - | |
| Ersu Shaba | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Fula A | A | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Fula B | A | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Gangga Malayu (see note 3) | G | h | - | Y | - | - | Pandey |
| Garay (Wolof) | A | m | 1 | Y | - | - | Pandey |
| Gondi | G | m | 1 | Y | - | - | Pandey |
| Grantha | A | m | 1 | Approved | - | - | Government of India |
| HamNoSys | I | a | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hausa (Raina Kama) | A | - | 1 | Y | - | - | - |
| Hausa (Salifou Hausa) | - | - | 1 | Y | - | - | - |
| Hausa (Tafi) | A | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Hatran | A | h | 1 | - | - | - | |
| Iberian | A | h | 1 | - | - | - | Comes, Moncunill |
| Indus Valley Script | L | h | 1 | Y | Y | - | Everson |
| Jenticha | A, A-S | m | 1 | Y | - | - | Pandey |
| Jing | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jurchen | I | h | 1 | Y | - | - | Chinese NB |
| Kawi | G | h | 1 | - | - | - | |
| Khambu Rai | A-S | m | 1 | Y | - | - | Pandey |
| Khatt-i Baburi | - | - | - | Y | - | - | Pandey |
| Khema Tamu Phri | A-S | m | 1 | Y | - | - | Pandey |
| Khojki | G | m | 1 | Approved | - | - | Pandey |
| Khotanese (see note 2) | G | h | 1 | - | - | - | |
| Khudawadi | G | h | 0 | Approved | Y | - | Pandey |
| Kirat Rai | G | h | 0 | Y | Y | - | Pandey |
| Kitan Large Script | I | h | 1 | - | - | - | |
| Kitan Small Script | - | h | - | Y | - | - | Chinese NB |
| Kpelle | S | m | 1 | Y | - | - | Everson and Riley |
| Landa | G | m | 1 | Y | - | - | Pandey |
| Linear A | L | h | 1 | Approved | - | - | Michael Everson and John Younger |
| Loma | S | m | 1 | Y | - | - | Everson |
| Luvian (see Hittite) | - | - | |||||
| Magar Akkha (see Note 2) | m | - | - | Y | - | - | Pandey |
| Mahajani | G | m | 1 | Approved | - | - | Pandey |
| Maithili (see Tirhuta) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Manichaean | A | h | 1 | Approved | Y | - | Everson |
| Marchen | G | m | 1 | Y | Y | - | Andrew West |
| Masaba | S | m | 1 | - | Y | - | - |
| Mayan Hieroglyphs | I | h | 1 | - | - | - | |
| Mende | S | m | 1 | Approved | - | - | Everson |
| Meroitic | A | h | 1 | Approved | Y | - | Everson |
| Modi | G | m | 1 | Approved | - | - | Pandey |
| Mongolian Square Script (Xawtaa Dorboljin) | A-S | h | 1 | Y | - | - | Pandey |
| Moon | A | m | 1 | Y | - | - | Everson |
| Mro | A | m | 1 | Approved | - | - | Hosken and Everson |
| Multani | A | m | 1 | Y | - | - | Pandey |
| Nabataean | A | h | 1 | Approved | - | - | Everson |
| Naxi Geba | S | h | 1 | Y | - | - | Everson |
| Naxi Tomba | I | h | 1 | Y | - | - | China NB |
| Newar (Prachalit Nepal) | G | m | 1 | Y | - | - | Pandey |
| North Arabic - See Old North Arabian | A | h | 1 | - | Y | - | Everson |
| Numidian | A | h | 1 | - | - | - | |
| Nüshu | I | m | 1 | Y | - | - | China NB |
| Old Hungarian | A | h | 0 | Approved | Y | - | Everson, Szelp |
| Old North Arabian | A | h | 1 | - | Approved | - | Everson |
| Old Permic | A | h | 1 | Y | Y | - | Everson |
| Old Udi (see Caucasian Albanian) | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Old Uyghur | A | h | 1 | Y | - | - | - |
| Pahawh Hmong | S | m | 0 | Approved | Y | - | Everson |
| Palmyrene | A | h | 1 | Approved | - | - | Everson |
| Pau Cin Hau | A | m | 1 | Approved | - | - | Pandey |
| Pau Cin Hau logographs | Lg | m | 1 | Y | - | - | Pandey |
| Proto-Elamite | h | 1 | - | - | - | ||
| Psalter Pahlavi | A | h | 1 | Approved | - | - | |
| Pyu (Tircil) | G | h | 1 | Y | - | - | Pandey |
| Ranjana | G | m | 0 | Y | Y | - | Everson |
| Rongo Rongo | L | h | 1 | Y | - | - | Everson |
| Satavahana (see note 2) | G | h | 1 | - | - | - | |
| Siddham (see note 2) | G | h | 0 | Y | Y | - | Pandey |
| SignWriting | I | m | 1 | Y | - | - | Everson, Slevinski, and Sutton |
| Siyaq (Diwani) | - | h | 1 | Y | - | - | Pandey |
| Siyaq (Indic) | - | h | 1 | Y | - | - | Pandey |
| Siyaq (Ottoman) | - | h | 1 | Y | - | - | Pandey |
| Siyaq (Persian) | - | h | 1 | Y | - | - | Pandey |
| Soyombo | G | m | 1 | Y | - | - | Pandey |
| Sumero-Akkadian Extensions | L | h | 1 | Y | - | - | - |
| Takri | G | m | 1 | Approved | - | - | Pandey |
| Tangut (Xixia) Characters | I | h | 1 | Y | - | - | UK et al |
| Tani Lipi | I | h | 1 | Y | - | - | Pandey |
| Tengwar | A | a | 1 | Y | - | - | Everson |
| Tikamuli | A | m | 1 | Y | - | - | Pandey |
| Tirhuta (Maithili) | G | m | 1 | Approved | - | - | Pandey |
| Tolong Siki | A | m | 1 | Y | - | - | Pandey |
| Turkestani (see note 2) | G | h | 1 | - | - | - | |
| Tulu | G | m | 1 | Y | Y | - | Vaishnavi Murthy |
| Visible Speech | A | m | - | - | - | - | - |
| Warang Citi | G | m | 0 | Y | Y | - | Everson |
| Woleai (Caroline Islands script) | S | h | 1 | Y | - | - | Everson |
| Yezidi (see note 4) | m | 1 | - | - | - | ||
| Yi Extensions | L | m | 0 | Y | - | - | China |
| Zhuang Square | I | h | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Zou | A-S | m | 1 | Y | - | - | Pandey |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Note 1: Alpine scripts include ancient Raetic, Venetic, Lepontic, Gallic "alphabets". There is a question whether the Alpine script should be unified with Old Italic, by adding a few letters to Old Italic in order to support the writing systems of northern Italy.
Note 2: The following unencoded scripts may be covered by a unified Brahmi encoding: Chalukya, Khotanese, Satavahana, Siddham, and Turkestani. But the Brahmic encoding model needs to be worked through before a decision is made to unify or encode separately.
Note 3: Withdrawn pending further info.
Note 4: May be a cipher or shorthand, not to be encoded. However, investigation is necessary to determine status.
Sources: Roadmap BMP 3.7, SMP 3.3
Last updated: March 14, 2012