टेम्पलेट:ISO 15924 script codes and related Unicode data

ISO 15924 script codes and Unicode
ISO 15924			Script in Unicode
Code	No.	Name	Alias	Direc­tion	Ver­sion	Char­acters	Remark
Adlm	166	Adlam	Adlam	R-to-L	9.0	87
Afak	439	Afaka		Varies			Not in Unicode, proposal under review by the Unicode Technical Committee
Aghb	239	Caucasian Albanian	Caucasian Albanian	L-to-R	7.0	53	Ancient/historic
Ahom	338	Ahom, Tai Ahom	Ahom	L-to-R	8.0	58	Ancient/historic
Arab	160	Arabic	Arabic	R-to-L	1.0	1,281
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	95
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 (Bangla)	Bengali	L-to-R	1.0	96
Bhks	334	Bhaiksuki	Bhaiksuki	L-to-R	9.0	97	Ancient/historic
Blis	550	Blissymbols		Varies			Not in Unicode, proposal in initial/exploratory stage
Bopo	285	Bopomofo	Bopomofo	L-to-R	1.0	72
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	70
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	172
Cirt	291	Cirth		Varies			Not in Unicode
Copt	204	Coptic	Coptic	L-to-R	1.0	137	Ancient/historic, Disunified from Greek in 4.1
Cpmn		[[Writing system|]]					Not in Unicode
Cprt	403	Cypriot syllabary	Cypriot	R-to-L	4.0	55	Ancient/historic
Cyrl	220	Cyrillic	Cyrillic	L-to-R	1.0	443
Cyrs	221	Cyrillic (Old Church Slavonic variant)		Varies			Ancient/historic, typographic variant of Cyrillic
Deva	315	Devanagari (Nagari)	Devanagari	L-to-R	1.0	156
Dogr		[[Writing system|]]			11.0	60	Ancient/historic
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		R-to-L			Not in Unicode
Egyh	060	Egyptian hieratic		R-to-L			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	Varies			Unicode groups Geok and Geor together as "Georgian"
Geor	240	Georgian (Mkhedruli and Mtavruli)	Georgian	L-to-R	1.0	173	For Unicode, see also Geok
Glag	225	Glagolitic	Glagolitic	L-to-R	4.1	132	Ancient/historic
Gong		[[Writing system|]]			11.0	63
Gonm		[[Writing system|]]			10.0	75
Goth	206	Gothic	Gothic	L-to-R	3.1	27	Ancient/historic
Gran	343	Grantha	Grantha	L-to-R	7.0	85	Ancient/historic
Grek	200	Greek	Greek	L-to-R	1.0	518	Sometimes expressed as boustrophedon (mirroring of alternate lines rather than purely left-to-right)
Gujr	320	Gujarati	Gujarati	L-to-R	1.0	91
Guru	310	Gurmukhi	Gurmukhi	L-to-R	1.0	80
Hanb	503	Han with Bopomofo (alias for Han + Bopomofo)		Varies			See Hani, Bopo
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	89,233
Hano	371	Hanunoo (Hanunóo)	Hanunoo	L-to-R	3.2	21
Hans	501	Han (Simplified variant)		Varies			Subset Hani
Hant	502	Han (Traditional variant)		Varies			Subset Hani
Hatr	127	Hatran	Hatran	R-to-L	8.0	26	Ancient/historic
Hebr	125	Hebrew	Hebrew	R-to-L	1.0	134
Hira	410	Hiragana	Hiragana	L-to-R	1.0	376
Hluw	080	Anatolian Hieroglyphs (Luwian Hieroglyphs, Hittite Hieroglyphs)	Anatolian Hieroglyphs	L-to-R	8.0	583	Ancient/historic
Hmng	450	Pahawh Hmong	Pahawh Hmong	L-to-R	7.0	127
Hmnp		[[Writing system|]]					Not in Unicode
Hrkt	412	Japanese syllabaries (alias for Hiragana + Katakana)	Katakana or Hiragana	Varies			See Hira, Kana
Hung	176	Old Hungarian (Hungarian Runic)	Old Hungarian	R-to-L	8.0	108	Ancient/historic
Inds	610	Indus (Harappan)		R-to-L			Not in Unicode, proposal in initial/exploratory stage
Ital	210	Old Italic (Etruscan, Oscan, etc.)	Old Italic	L-to-R	3.1	39	Ancient/historic
Jamo	284	Jamo (alias for Jamo subset of Hangul)		Varies			Subset Hang
Java	361	Javanese	Javanese	L-to-R	5.2	90
Jpan	413	Japanese (alias for Han + Hiragana + Katakana)		Varies			See Hani, Hira and Kana
Jurc	510	Jurchen		L-to-R			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	68	Ancient/historic
Khmr	355	Khmer	Khmer	L-to-R	3.0	146
Khoj	322	Khojki	Khojki	L-to-R	7.0	62	Ancient/historic
Kitl	505	Khitan large script		L-to-R			Not in Unicode
Kits	288	Khitan small script		T-to-B			Not in Unicode
Knda	345	Kannada	Kannada	L-to-R	1.0	89
Kore	287	Korean (alias for Hangul + Han)		L-to-R			See Hani and Hang
Kpel	436	Kpelle		L-to-R			Not in Unicode, proposal in initial/exploratory stage
Kthi	317	Kaithi	Kaithi	L-to-R	5.2	67	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)		Varies			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	1,353	See Latin script in Unicode
Leke	364	Leke		L-to-R			Not 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		L-to-R			Not in Unicode, proposal in initial/exploratory stage
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
Maka		[[Writing system|]]			11.0	25	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	Marchen	L-to-R	9.0	68	Ancient/historic
Maya	090	Mayan hieroglyphs					Not in Unicode
Medf		[[Writing system|]]			11.0	91
Mend	438	Mende Kikakui	Mende Kikakui	R-to-L	7.0	213
Merc	101	Meroitic Cursive	Meroitic Cursive	R-to-L	6.1	90	Ancient/historic
Mero	100	Meroitic Hieroglyphs	Meroitic Hieroglyphs	R-to-L	6.1	32	Ancient/historic
Mlym	347	Malayalam	Malayalam	L-to-R	1.0	117
Modi	324	Modi, Moḍī	Modi	L-to-R	7.0	79	Ancient/historic
Mong	145	Mongolian	Mongolian	T-to-B	3.0	167	Includes Clear, Manchu scripts
Moon	218	Moon (Moon code, Moon script, Moon type)					Not in Unicode, proposal in initial/exploratory stage
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	Multani	L-to-R	8.0	38	Ancient/historic
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
Newa	333	Newa, Newar, Newari, Nepāla lipi	Newa	L-to-R	9.0	93
Nkdb		[[Writing system|]]					Not in Unicode
Nkgb	420	Nakhi Geba (na²¹ɕi³³ gʌ²¹ba²¹, 'Na-'Khi ²Ggŏ-¹baw, Nakhi Geba)		L-to-R			Not in Unicode, proposal in initial/exploratory stage
Nkoo	165	N’Ko	NKo	R-to-L	5.0	62
Nshu	499	Nüshu		L-to-R	10.0	397
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 (Odia)	Oriya	L-to-R	1.0	90
Osge	219	Osage	Osage	L-to-R	9.0	72
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		R-to-L			Not in Unicode
Phnx	115	Phoenician	Phoenician	R-to-L	5.0	29	Ancient/historic
Piqd	293	Klingon (KLI pIqaD)		L-to-R			Rejected for inclusion in the Unicode Standard
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
Rohg		[[Writing system|]]			11.0	50
Roro	620	Rongorongo					Not in Unicode, proposal in initial/exploratory stage
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	82
Sgnw	095	SignWriting	SignWriting	T-to-B	8.0	672
Shaw	281	Shavian (Shaw)	Shavian	L-to-R	4.0	48
Shrd	319	Sharada, Śāradā	Sharada	L-to-R	6.1	94
Shui		[[Writing system|]]					Not in Unicode
Sidd	302	Siddham, Siddhaṃ, Siddhamātṛkā	Siddham	L-to-R	7.0	92	Ancient/historic
Sind	318	Khudawadi, Sindhi	Khudawadi	L-to-R	7.0	69
Sinh	348	Sinhala	Sinhala	L-to-R	3.0	110
Sogd		[[Writing system|]]			11.0	42	Ancient/historic
Sogo		[[Writing system|]]			11.0	40	Ancient/historic
Sora	398	Sora Sompeng	Sora Sompeng	L-to-R	6.1	35
Soyo		[[Writing system|]]			10.0	81	Ancient/historic
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	88
Syre	138	Syriac (Estrangelo variant)		R-to-L			Typographic variant of Syriac
Syrj	137	Syriac (Western variant)		R-to-L			Typographic variant of Syriac
Syrn	136	Syriac (Eastern variant)		R-to-L			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	Tangut	L-to-R	9.0	6,886	Ancient/historic
Tavt	359	Tai Viet	Tai Viet	L-to-R	5.2	72
Telu	340	Telugu	Telugu	L-to-R	1.0	97
Teng	290	Tengwar		L-to-R			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	2.0	207	Added in 1.0, 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		L-to-R			Not in Unicode
Wara	262	Warang Citi (Varang Kshiti)	Warang Citi	L-to-R	7.0	84
Wcho		[[Writing system|]]					Not in Unicode
Wole	480	Woleai		R-to-L			Not in Unicode, proposal in initial/exploratory stage
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	1,234	Ancient/historic
Yiii	460	Yi	Yi	L-to-R	3.0	1,220
Zanb		[[Writing system|]]			10.0	72	Ancient/historic
Zinh	994	Code for inherited script	Inherited	Inherited		569
Zmth	995	Mathematical notation		L-to-R			Not a 'script' in Unicode
Zsym	996	Symbols					Not a 'script' in Unicode
Zsye	993	Symbols (emoji variant)					Not a 'script' in Unicode
Zxxx	997	Code for unwritten documents					Not a 'script' in Unicode
Zyyy	998	Code for undetermined script	Common			7,591
Zzzz	999	Code for uncoded script	Unknown			976,673	All other code points
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Background: How is this table composed

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

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 file iso15924.txt.

Step 2: Unicode attaches an Alias name

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

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

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="Unknown".

Then, in the file Scripts.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

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.

See also

• {{Unicode blocks}}
• Unicode character property

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