Fyrimynd:ISO 15924 script codes and related Unicode data
ISO 15924 script codes[a][b] and Unicode[c][d] | |||||||
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ISO 15924 | Script in Unicode[e] | ||||||
Code | No. | Name | Unicode alias[f] | Direction | Version | Characters | Remark |
Adlm | 166 | Adlam | R-to-L | Not in Unicode | |||
Afak | 439 | Afaka | Not in Unicode | ||||
Aghb | 239 | Caucasian Albanian | Caucasian Albanian | L-to-R | 7.0 | 53 | Ancient/historic |
Ahom | 338 | Ahom, Tai Ahom | L-to-R | Not in Unicode | |||
Arab | 160 | Arabic | Arabic | R-to-L | 1.0 | 1,244 | |
Aran | 161 | Arabic (Nastaliq variant) | R-to-L | Typographic variant of Arabic | |||
Armi | 124 | Imperial Aramaic | Imperial Aramaic | R-to-L | 5.2 | 31 | Ancient/historic |
Armn | 230 | Armenian | Armenian | L-to-R | 1.0 | 93 | |
Avst | 134 | Avestan | Avestan | R-to-L | 5.2 | 61 | Ancient/historic |
Bali | 360 | Balinese | Balinese | L-to-R | 5.0 | 121 | |
Bamu | 435 | Bamum | Bamum | L-to-R | 5.2 | 657 | |
Bass | 259 | Bassa Vah | Bassa Vah | L-to-R | 7.0 | 36 | Ancient/historic |
Batk | 365 | Batak | Batak | L-to-R | 6.0 | 56 | |
Beng | 325 | Bengali | Bengali | L-to-R | 1.0 | 93 | |
Blis | 550 | Blissymbols | Not in Unicode | ||||
Bopo | 285 | Bopomofo | Bopomofo | L-to-R | 1.0 | 70 | |
Brah | 300 | Brahmi | Brahmi | L-to-R | 6.0 | 109 | Ancient/historic |
Brai | 570 | Braille | Braille | L-to-R | 3.0 | 256 | |
Bugi | 367 | Buginese | Buginese | L-to-R | 4.1 | 30 | |
Buhd | 372 | Buhid | Buhid | L-to-R | 3.2 | 20 | |
Cakm | 349 | Chakma | Chakma | L-to-R | 6.1 | 67 | |
Cans | 440 | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics | Canadian Aboriginal | L-to-R | 3.0 | 710 | |
Cari | 201 | Carian | Carian | L-to-R | 5.1 | 49 | Ancient/historic |
Cham | 358 | Cham | Cham | L-to-R | 5.1 | 83 | |
Cher | 445 | Cherokee | Cherokee | L-to-R | 3.0 | 85 | |
Cirt | 291 | Cirth | Not in Unicode | ||||
Copt | 204 | Coptic | Coptic | L-to-R | 1.0 | 137 | Ancient/historic, Disunified from Greek in 4.1 |
Cprt | 403 | Cypriot | Cypriot | R-to-L | 4.0 | 55 | Ancient/historic |
Cyrl | 220 | Cyrillic | Cyrillic | L-to-R | 1.0 | 431 | |
Cyrs | 221 | Cyrillic (Old Church Slavonic variant) | Not in Unicode | ||||
Deva | 315 | Devanagari (Nagari) | Devanagari | L-to-R | 1.0 | 152 | |
Dsrt | 250 | Deseret (Mormon) | Deseret | L-to-R | 3.1 | 80 | |
Dupl | 755 | Duployan shorthand, Duployan stenography | Duployan | L-to-R | 7.0 | 143 | |
Egyd | 070 | Egyptian demotic | Not in Unicode | ||||
Egyh | 060 | Egyptian hieratic | Not in Unicode | ||||
Egyp | 050 | Egyptian hieroglyphs | Egyptian Hieroglyphs | L-to-R | 5.2 | 1,071 | Ancient/historic |
Elba | 226 | Elbasan | Elbasan | L-to-R | 7.0 | 40 | Ancient/historic |
Ethi | 430 | Ethiopic (Geʻez) | Ethiopic | L-to-R | 3.0 | 495 | |
Geok | 241 | Khutsuri (Asomtavruli and Nuskhuri) | Georgian | Unicode groups Geok and Geor together as "Georgian" | |||
Geor | 240 | Georgian (Mkhedruli) | Georgian | L-to-R | 1.0 | 127 | For Unicode, see also Geok |
Glag | 225 | Glagolitic | Glagolitic | L-to-R | 4.1 | 94 | Ancient/historic |
Goth | 206 | Gothic | Gothic | L-to-R | 3.1 | 27 | Ancient/historic |
Gran | 343 | Grantha | Grantha | L-to-R | 7.0 | 83 | Ancient/historic |
Grek | 200 | Greek | Greek | L-to-R | 1.0 | 516 | |
Gujr | 320 | Gujarati | Gujarati | L-to-R | 1.0 | 84 | |
Guru | 310 | Gurmukhi | Gurmukhi | L-to-R | 1.0 | 79 | |
Hang | 286 | Hangul (Hangŭl, Hangeul) | Hangul | L-to-R | 1.0 | 11,739 | Hangul syllables relocated in 2.0 |
Hani | 500 | Han (Hanzi, Kanji, Hanja) | Han | L-to-R | 1.0 | 75,963 | |
Hano | 371 | Hanunoo (Hanunóo) | Hanunoo | L-to-R | 3.2 | 21 | |
Hans | 501 | Han (Simplified variant) | Subset Hani | ||||
Hant | 502 | Han (Traditional variant) | Subset Hani | ||||
Hatr | 127 | Hatran | Not in Unicode | ||||
Hebr | 125 | Hebrew | Hebrew | R-to-L | 1.0 | 133 | |
Hira | 410 | Hiragana | Hiragana | L-to-R | 1.0 | 91 | |
Hluw | 080 | Anatolian Hieroglyphs (Luwian Hieroglyphs, Hittite Hieroglyphs) | Not in Unicode | ||||
Hmng | 450 | Pahawh Hmong | Pahawh Hmong | L-to-R | 7.0 | 127 | |
Hrkt | 412 | Japanese syllabaries (alias for Hiragana + Katakana) | Katakana or Hiragana | See Hira, Kana | |||
Hung | 176 | Old Hungarian (Hungarian Runic) | Not in Unicode | ||||
Inds | 610 | Indus (Harappan) | Not in Unicode | ||||
Ital | 210 | Old Italic (Etruscan, Oscan, etc.) | Old Italic | L-to-R | 3.1 | 36 | Ancient/historic |
Java | 361 | Javanese | Javanese | L-to-R | 5.2 | 90 | |
Jpan | 413 | Japanese (alias for Han + Hiragana + Katakana) | See Hani, Hira and Kana | ||||
Jurc | 510 | Jurchen | Not in Unicode | ||||
Kali | 357 | Kayah Li | Kayah Li | L-to-R | 5.1 | 47 | |
Kana | 411 | Katakana | Katakana | L-to-R | 1.0 | 300 | |
Khar | 305 | Kharoshthi | Kharoshthi | R-to-L | 4.1 | 65 | Ancient/historic |
Khmr | 355 | Khmer | Khmer | L-to-R | 3.0 | 146 | |
Khoj | 322 | Khojki | Khojki | L-to-R | 7.0 | 61 | Ancient/historic |
Kitl | 505 | Khitan large script | Not in Unicode | ||||
Kits | 288 | Khitan small script | Not in Unicode | ||||
Knda | 345 | Kannada | Kannada | L-to-R | 1.0 | 87 | |
Kore | 287 | Korean (alias for Hangul + Han) | See Hani and Hang | ||||
Kpel | 436 | Kpelle | Not in Unicode | ||||
Kthi | 317 | Kaithi | Kaithi | L-to-R | 5.2 | 66 | Ancient/historic |
Lana | 351 | Tai Tham (Lanna) | Tai Tham | L-to-R | 5.2 | 127 | |
Laoo | 356 | Lao | Lao | L-to-R | 1.0 | 67 | |
Latf | 217 | Latin (Fraktur variant) | L-to-R | Typographic variant of Latin | |||
Latg | 216 | Latin (Gaelic variant) | L-to-R | Typographic variant of Latin | |||
Latn | 215 | Latin | Latin | L-to-R | 1.0 | 1,338 | See Latin script in Unicode |
Lepc | 335 | Lepcha (Róng) | Lepcha | L-to-R | 5.1 | 74 | |
Limb | 336 | Limbu | Limbu | L-to-R | 4.0 | 68 | |
Lina | 400 | Linear A | Linear A | L-to-R | 7.0 | 341 | Ancient/historic |
Linb | 401 | Linear B | Linear B | L-to-R | 4.0 | 211 | Ancient/historic |
Lisu | 399 | Lisu (Fraser) | Lisu | L-to-R | 5.2 | 48 | |
Loma | 437 | Loma | Not in Unicode | ||||
Lyci | 202 | Lycian | Lycian | L-to-R | 5.1 | 29 | Ancient/historic |
Lydi | 116 | Lydian | Lydian | R-to-L | 5.1 | 27 | Ancient/historic |
Mahj | 314 | Mahajani | Mahajani | L-to-R | 7.0 | 39 | Ancient/historic |
Mand | 140 | Mandaic, Mandaean | Mandaic | R-to-L | 6.0 | 29 | |
Mani | 139 | Manichaean | Manichaean | R-to-L | 7.0 | 51 | Ancient/historic |
Marc | 332 | Marchen | Not in Unicode | ||||
Maya | 090 | Mayan hieroglyphs | Not in Unicode | ||||
Mend | 438 | Mende Kikakui | Mende Kikakui | R-to-L | 7.0 | 213 | |
Merc | 101 | Meroitic Cursive | Meroitic Cursive | L-to-R | 6.1 | 26 | Ancient/historic |
Mero | 100 | Meroitic Hieroglyphs | Meroitic Hieroglyphs | L-to-R | 6.1 | 32 | Ancient/historic |
Mlym | 347 | Malayalam | Malayalam | L-to-R | 1.0 | 99 | |
Modi | 324 | Modi, Moḍī | Modi | L-to-R | 7.0 | 79 | Ancient/historic |
Mong | 145 | Mongolian | Mongolian | T-to-B | 3.0 | 153 | Includes Clear, Manchu scripts |
Moon | 218 | Moon (Moon code, Moon script, Moon type) | Not in Unicode | ||||
Mroo | 199 | Mro, Mru | Mro | L-to-R | 7.0 | 43 | |
Mtei | 337 | Meitei Mayek (Meithei, Meetei) | Meetei Mayek | L-to-R | 5.2 | 79 | |
Mult | 323 | Multani | Not in Unicode | ||||
Mymr | 350 | Myanmar (Burmese) | Myanmar | L-to-R | 3.0 | 223 | |
Narb | 106 | Old North Arabian (Ancient North Arabian) | Old North Arabian | R-to-L | 7.0 | 32 | Ancient/historic |
Nbat | 159 | Nabataean | Nabataean | R-to-L | 7.0 | 40 | Ancient/historic |
Nkgb | 420 | Nakhi Geba ('Na-'Khi ²Ggŏ-¹baw, Naxi Geba) | Not in Unicode | ||||
Nkoo | 165 | N’Ko | NKo | R-to-L | 5.0 | 59 | |
Nshu | 499 | Nüshu | Not in Unicode | ||||
Ogam | 212 | Ogham | Ogham | 3.0 | 29 | Ancient/historic | |
Olck | 261 | Ol Chiki (Ol Cemet’, Ol, Santali) | Ol Chiki | L-to-R | 5.1 | 48 | |
Orkh | 175 | Old Turkic, Orkhon Runic | Old Turkic | R-to-L | 5.2 | 73 | Ancient/historic |
Orya | 327 | Oriya | Oriya | L-to-R | 1.0 | 90 | |
Osge | 219 | Osage | Not in Unicode | ||||
Osma | 260 | Osmanya | Osmanya | L-to-R | 4.0 | 40 | |
Palm | 126 | Palmyrene | Palmyrene | R-to-L | 7.0 | 32 | Ancient/historic |
Pauc | 263 | Pau Cin Hau | Pau Cin Hau | L-to-R | 7.0 | 57 | |
Perm | 227 | Old Permic | Old Permic | L-to-R | 7.0 | 43 | Ancient/historic |
Phag | 331 | Phags-pa | Phags-pa | T-to-B | 5.0 | 56 | Ancient/historic |
Phli | 131 | Inscriptional Pahlavi | Inscriptional Pahlavi | R-to-L | 5.2 | 27 | Ancient/historic |
Phlp | 132 | Psalter Pahlavi | Psalter Pahlavi | R-to-L | 7.0 | 29 | Ancient/historic |
Phlv | 133 | Book Pahlavi | Not in Unicode | ||||
Phnx | 115 | Phoenician | Phoenician | R-to-L | 5.0 | 29 | Ancient/historic |
Plrd | 282 | Miao (Pollard) | Miao | L-to-R | 6.1 | 133 | |
Prti | 130 | Inscriptional Parthian | Inscriptional Parthian | R-to-L | 5.2 | 30 | Ancient/historic |
Qaaa | 900 | Reserved for private use (start) | Not in Unicode | ||||
Qaai | 908 | (Private use) | Not in Unicode (Before version 5.2, this was used instead of Zinh) | ||||
Qabx | 949 | Reserved for private use (end) | Not in Unicode | ||||
Rjng | 363 | Rejang (Redjang, Kaganga) | Rejang | L-to-R | 5.1 | 37 | |
Roro | 620 | Rongorongo | Not in Unicode | ||||
Runr | 211 | Runic | Runic | L-to-R | 3.0 | 86 | Ancient/historic |
Samr | 123 | Samaritan | Samaritan | R-to-L | 5.2 | 61 | |
Sara | 292 | Sarati | Not in Unicode | ||||
Sarb | 105 | Old South Arabian | Old South Arabian | R-to-L | 5.2 | 32 | Ancient/historic |
Saur | 344 | Saurashtra | Saurashtra | L-to-R | 5.1 | 81 | |
Sgnw | 095 | SignWriting | Not in Unicode | ||||
Shaw | 281 | Shavian (Shaw) | Shavian | L-to-R | 4.0 | 48 | |
Shrd | 319 | Sharada, Śāradā | Sharada | L-to-R | 6.1 | 85 | |
Sidd | 302 | Siddham, Siddhaṃ, Siddhamātṛkā | Siddham | L-to-R | 7.0 | 72 | Ancient/historic |
Sind | 318 | Khudawadi, Sindhi | Khudawadi | L-to-R | 7.0 | 69 | |
Sinh | 348 | Sinhala | Sinhala | L-to-R | 3.0 | 110 | |
Sora | 398 | Sora Sompeng | Sora Sompeng | L-to-R | 6.1 | 35 | |
Sund | 362 | Sundanese | Sundanese | L-to-R | 5.1 | 72 | |
Sylo | 316 | Syloti Nagri | Syloti Nagri | L-to-R | 4.1 | 44 | |
Syrc | 135 | Syriac | Syriac | R-to-L | 3.0 | 77 | |
Syre | 138 | Syriac (Estrangelo variant) | Typographic variant of Syriac | ||||
Syrj | 137 | Syriac (Western variant) | Typographic variant of Syriac | ||||
Syrn | 136 | Syriac (Eastern variant) | Typographic variant of Syriac | ||||
Tagb | 373 | Tagbanwa | Tagbanwa | L-to-R | 3.2 | 18 | |
Takr | 321 | Takri, Ṭākrī, Ṭāṅkrī | Takri | L-to-R | 6.1 | 66 | |
Tale | 353 | Tai Le | Tai Le | L-to-R | 4.0 | 35 | |
Talu | 354 | New Tai Lue | New Tai Lue | L-to-R | 4.1 | 83 | |
Taml | 346 | Tamil | Tamil | L-to-R | 1.0 | 72 | |
Tang | 520 | Tangut | Not in Unicode | ||||
Tavt | 359 | Tai Viet | Tai Viet | L-to-R | 5.2 | 72 | |
Telu | 340 | Telugu | Telugu | L-to-R | 1.0 | 95 | |
Teng | 290 | Tengwar | Not in Unicode | ||||
Tfng | 120 | Tifinagh (Berber) | Tifinagh | L-to-R | 4.1 | 59 | |
Tglg | 370 | Tagalog (Baybayin, Alibata) | Tagalog | L-to-R | 3.2 | 20 | |
Thaa | 170 | Thaana | Thaana | R-to-L | 3.0 | 50 | |
Thai | 352 | Thai | Thai | L-to-R | 1.0 | 86 | |
Tibt | 330 | Tibetan | Tibetan | L-to-R | 1.0 | 207 | Removed in 1.1 and reintroduced in 2.0 |
Tirh | 326 | Tirhuta | Tirhuta | L-to-R | 7.0 | 82 | |
Ugar | 040 | Ugaritic | Ugaritic | L-to-R | 4.0 | 31 | Ancient/historic |
Vaii | 470 | Vai | Vai | L-to-R | 5.1 | 300 | |
Visp | 280 | Visible Speech | Not in Unicode | ||||
Wara | 262 | Warang Citi (Varang Kshiti) | Warang Citi | L-to-R | 7.0 | 84 | |
Wole | 480 | Woleai | Not in Unicode | ||||
Xpeo | 030 | Old Persian | Old Persian | L-to-R | 4.1 | 50 | Ancient/historic |
Xsux | 020 | Cuneiform, Sumero-Akkadian | Cuneiform | L-to-R | 5.0 | 1,037 | Ancient/historic |
Yiii | 460 | Yi | Yi | L-to-R | 3.0 | 1,220 | |
Zinh | 994 | Code for inherited script | Inherited | Inherited | 563 | ||
Zmth | 995 | Mathematical notation | Not a 'script' in Unicode | ||||
Zsym | 996 | Symbols | Not a 'script' in Unicode | ||||
Zxxx | 997 | Code for unwritten documents | Not in Unicode | ||||
Zyyy | 998 | Code for undetermined script | Common | 7,129 | |||
Zzzz | 999 | Code for uncoded script | Unknown | 1,001,091 | All other code points | ||
Notes
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Background: How is this table composed rætta
First, note that a script is not a language. A single script, like the Latin alphabet, is used in many languages. Unicode is only about scripts, not about languages that use that script. Still there may be nuances, like the English versus Polish language in using accents on letters.
Step 1: ISO defines a script rætta
ISO defines and publishes a script in the ISO 15924 list. It defines the Alpha-4 code (Aaaa-Zzzz), the Numeric code (000-999), and the formal Name for each accepted script. Currently there are some 160 scripts defined in this list. Included are scripts like "Mathematical notation (Zmth)" and "Code for undetermined script (a.k.a. Common, Zyyy)". The list is formally maintained and published by ISO, and practically by the Unicode Consortium office. It is published on the Unicode website. Technically, the list is fileiso15924.txt
.
Step 2: Unicode attaches an Alias name rætta
Then, Unicode (not ISO) maintains a list of Alias script names right next to the ISO-defined scripts, for each script Unicode has encoded. The Alias name is an English name for that script.
So the ISO alpha-4 code gets a unique Alias name by Unicode:
Mymr:ISO Name=Myanmar (Burmese), Alias=Myanmar
.
These Alias names are also present in the definition file iso15924.txt
.
Step 3: Usage by Unicode rætta
From that list, Unicode can translate any alpha4-code into the Alias name of the script, and reverse. Unicode does not use the formal ISO name.
A script name is used in the Unicode Name of a character: "U+05BF ֿ hebrew point rafe".
Per character rætta
In the Unicode database, Unicode adds one single appropriate alpha-4 code to every individual script character. So every letter, punctuation, number and so of a script get that code. Characters used by multiple scripts, such as the period (.), have script code "Zyyy" (Common). The "script" codes for Mathematical and Symbol are not used by Unicode; symbols and mathematical characters have the property script="".
Then, in the fileScripts.txt
, Unicode publishes the Alias script name per character (possibly by a range of characters). A part of that file looks like:
... 0591..05BD ; Hebrew # Mn [45] HEBREW ACCENT ETNAHTA..HEBREW POINT METEG 05BE ; Hebrew # Pd HEBREW PUNCTUATION MAQAF 05BF ; Hebrew # Mn HEBREW POINT RAFE 05C0 ; Hebrew # Po HEBREW PUNCTUATION PASEQ 05C1..05C2 ; Hebrew # Mn [2] HEBREW POINT SHIN DOT..HEBREW POINT SIN DOT 05C3 ; Hebrew # Po HEBREW PUNCTUATION SOF PASUQ ...
This datafile defines which scripts are present in Unicode, and what script is at a certain code point.
In a block rætta
Given a block range of code points, then which scripts are present in that block? See {{Unicode blocks}}: this table is constructed by signaling every script that is present as a block (once).
There is no secure relation between a script name and a block name. Some scripts are in a single block, but other scripts are spread amongst several blocks.
Currently, datafiles as of version 5.2 are used.
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