The Elymaic alphabet is a right-to-left, non-joining abjad.[1] It is derived from the Aramaic alphabet.[2] Elymaic was used in the ancient state of Elymais,[1] which was a semi-independent state of the 2nd century BCE to the early 3rd century CE, frequently a vassal under Parthian control, in the present-day region of Khuzestan, Iran (Susiana).[3]
| Elymaic alphabet | |
|---|---|
| Script type | |
Time period | 2nd century BCE — early 3rd century CE |
| Direction | Right-to-left script  |
| Languages | Achaemenid Aramaic[1] |
| Related scripts | |
Parent systems | |
| ISO 15924 | |
| ISO 15924 | Elym (128), Elymaic |
| Unicode | |
Unicode alias | Elymaic |
| U+10FE0–U+10FFF | |
Unicode
The Elymaic alphabet was added to the Unicode Standard in March, 2019 with the release of version 12.0.
The Unicode block for Elymaic is U+10FE0–U+10FFF:
| Elymaic[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+10FEx | 𐿠 | 𐿡 | 𐿢 | 𐿣 | 𐿤 | 𐿥 | 𐿦 | 𐿧 | 𐿨 | 𐿩 | 𐿪 | 𐿫 | 𐿬 | 𐿭 | 𐿮 | 𐿯 |
| U+10FFx | 𐿰 | 𐿱 | 𐿲 | 𐿳 | 𐿴 | 𐿵 | 𐿶 | |||||||||
| Notes | ||||||||||||||||
References
- ^ a b c Pandey, Anshuman (2017-10-23). "L2/17226R2: Proposal to encode the Elymaic script in Unicode" (PDF). Working Group Document, ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2 and UTC. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
- ^ Daniels, Peter T.; Bright, William, eds. (1996). The World's Writing Systems. Oxford University Press, Inc. pp. 89. ISBN 978-0195079937.
- ^ Hansman, John F. "ELYMAIS". Encyclopædia Iranica. Retrieved 2012-12-24.
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