Deseret (Unicode block)

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Short description: Unicode character block
Deseret
RangeU+10400..U+1044F
(80 code points)
PlaneSMP
ScriptsDeseret
Major alphabetsDeseret English
Assigned80 code points
Unused0 reserved code points
Source standardsConScript Unicode Registry
Unicode version history
3.176 (+76)
4.080 (+4)
Note: [1][2]

Deseret (/ˌdɛzəˈrɛt/ (About this soundlisten))[3] is a Unicode block containing characters in the Deseret alphabet, which were invented by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) to write English. The Deseret block was derived from an earlier private use encoding in the ConScript Unicode Registry, like the Shavian and Phaistos Disc encodings. The block was added in version 3.1 of the Unicode Standard; the letters Oi and Ew, both uppercase and lowercase, were added in version 4.0.


History

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

Version Final code points[lower-alpha 1] Count L2 ID WG2 ID Document
3.1 U+10400..10425, 10428..1044D 76 X3L2/96-104 Jenkins, John H. (1996-11-08), Proposal for encoding the Deseret Alphabet in ISO/IEC 10646 
X3L2/96-123 Aliprand, Joan; Winkler, Arnold (1996-12-18), Preliminary Minutes - UTC #71 & X3L2 #168 ad hoc meeting, San Diego - December 5-6, 1996 
N1498 Jenkins, John (1997-01-20), Proposal for Encoding Deseret Alphabet 
L2/97-030 N1503 (pdf, doc) Umamaheswaran, V. S.; Ksar, Mike (1997-04-01), Unconfirmed Minutes of WG 2 Meeting #32, Singapore; 1997-01-20--24 
N1891R Everson, Michael (1999-01-23), On encoding the Deseret script in Plane 1 of the UCS 
4.0 U+10426..10427, 1044E..1044F 4 L2/02-169 N2474 Beesley, Kenneth (2002-04-25), Proposal to Modify the Encoding of Deseret 
L2/02-218 N2473 Proposal to Add Two Deseret Alphabet Letters to ISO/IEC 10646, 2002-05-17 
L2/02-166R2 Moore, Lisa (2002-08-09), UTC #91 Minutes 
  1. Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

References

  1. "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. https://www.unicode.org/ucd/. Retrieved 2023-07-26. 
  2. "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. https://www.unicode.org/versions/enumeratedversions.html. Retrieved 2023-07-26. 
  3. churchofjesuschrist.org: "Book of Mormon Pronunciation Guide" (retrieved 2012-02-25), IPA-ified from «dĕz-a-rĕt´»