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ISO 15924, Codes for the representation of names of scripts, defines two sets of codes for a number of writing systems (scripts). Each script is given both a four-letter code and a numeric one.[1] Script is defined as "set of graphic characters used for the written form of one or more languages".[1]
Where possible the codes are derived from ISO 639-2 where the name of a script and the name of a language using the script are identical (ex ample: Gujarātī ISO 639 guj, ISO 15924 Gujr). Preference is given to the 639-2 Bibliographical codes, which is different from the otherwise often favored use of the Terminological codes.[1]
4-letter ISO 15924 codes are incorporated into the Language Subtag Registry for IETF language tags and so can be used in file formats that make use of such language tags. For example, they can be used in HTML and XML to help Web browsers determine which typeface to use for foreign text. This way one could differentiate, for example, between Serbian written in the Cyrillic (
sr-Cyrl) or Latin (sr-Latn) script, or mark romanized text as such.Contents
Maintenance
ISO has appointed the Unicode Consortium as the Registration Authority (RA) for the standard. In 2004, the RA appointed Michael Everson to act as Registrar. The Registrar works with a Joint Advisory Committee (JAC) in developing and implementing the standard.[2] The JAC contains six members: the Registrar, 1 member from the Library of Congress, 1 from Standards Norway, 1 from the French Encyclopaedia Universalis, an officer of Unicode, and a member of Unicode. These individuals represent the interests of the ISO 15924 RA, the ISO 639-2 RA, ISO Technical Committee 37, ISO Technical Committee 46, and the ISO Coded Character Set Sub-Committee, ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2.[3]
Script codes
Numeric ranges
- 000–099 Hieroglyphic and cuneiform scripts
- 100–199 Right-to-left alphabetic scripts
- 200–299 Left-to-right alphabetic scripts
- 300–399 Alphasyllabic scripts
- 400–499 Syllabic scripts
- 500–599 Ideographic scripts
- 600–699 Undeciphered scripts
- 700–799 Shorthands and other notations[4]
- 800–899 (unassigned)
- 900–999 Private use, alias, special codes[5]
Special codes
- Qaaa—Qabx (900—949): 50 Codes reserved for private use.
- Zinh 994 : Code for inherited script
- Zmth 995 : Mathematical notation
- Zsym 996 : Symbols
- Zxxx 997 : Code for unwritten languages
- Zyyy 998 : Code for undetermined script
- Zzzz 999 : Code for uncoded script
List of codes
ISO 15924 script codes[a][b] and Unicode[c][d] Code Nr Name Direction Alias[f] Version Characters Remark Afak 439 Afaka Not in Unicode Arab 160 Arabic R-to-L Arabic 1.0 1,051 Armi 124 Imperial Aramaic R-to-L Imperial Aramaic 5.2 31 Ancient/historic Armn 230 Armenian L-to-R Armenian 1.0 90 Avst 134 Avestan R-to-L Avestan 5.2 61 Ancient/historic Bali 360 Balinese L-to-R Balinese 5.0 121 Bamu 435 Bamum L-to-R Bamum 5.2 657 Bass 259 Bassa Vah ? (36) Provisionally accepted for Unicode[g] Batk 365 Batak L-to-R Batak 6.0 56 Beng 325 Bengali L-to-R Bengali 1.0 92 Blis 550 Blissymbols Not in Unicode Bopo 285 Bopomofo L-to-R Bopomofo 1.0 70 Brah 300 Brahmi L-to-R Brahmi 6.0 108 Ancient/historic Brai 570 Braille L-to-R Braille 3.0 256 Bugi 367 Buginese L-to-R Buginese 4.1 30 Buhd 372 Buhid L-to-R Buhid 3.2 20 Cakm 349 Chakma 6.1? 67? Included in beta release of Unicode 6.1.0[h] Cans 440 Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics L-to-R Canadian Aboriginal 3.0 710 Cari 201 Carian L-to-R Carian 5.1 49 Ancient/historic Cham 358 Cham L-to-R Cham 5.1 83 Cher 445 Cherokee L-to-R Cherokee 3.0 85 Cirt 291 Cirth Not in Unicode Copt 204 Coptic L-to-R Coptic 1.0 135 (disunified from Greek in 4.1) Ancient/historic Cprt 403 Cypriot R-to-L Cypriot 4.0 55 Ancient/historic Cyrl 220 Cyrillic L-to-R Cyrillic 1.0 408 Cyrs 221 Cyrillic (Old Church Slavonic variant) Not in Unicode Deva 315 Devanagari (Nagari) L-to-R Devanagari 1.0 150 Dsrt 250 Deseret (Mormon) L-to-R Deseret 3.1 80 Dupl 755 Duployan shorthand, Duployan stenography ? (143) Provisionally accepted for Unicode[g] Egyd 070 Egyptian demotic Not in Unicode Egyh 060 Egyptian hieratic Not in Unicode Egyp 050 Egyptian hieroglyphs L-to-R Egyptian Hieroglyphs 5.2 1,071 Ancient/historic Elba 226 Elbasan ? (40) Provisionally accepted for Unicode[g] Ethi 430 Ethiopic (Geʻez) L-to-R Ethiopic 3.0 495 Geok 241 Khutsuri (Asomtavruli and Nuskhuri) Not in Unicode Geor 240 Georgian (Mkhedruli) L-to-R Georgian 1.0 120 Glag 225 Glagolitic L-to-R Glagolitic 4.1 94 Ancient/historic Goth 206 Gothic L-to-R Gothic 3.1 27 Ancient/historic Gran 343 Grantha Not in Unicode Grek 200 Greek L-to-R Greek 1.0 511 Gujr 320 Gujarati L-to-R Gujarati 1.0 83 Guru 310 Gurmukhi L-to-R Gurmukhi 1.0 79 Hang 286 Hangul (Hangŭl, Hangeul) L-to-R Hangul 1.0 11,739 Hangul syllables relocated in 2.0 Hani 500 Han (Hanzi, Kanji, Hanja) L-to-R Han 1.0 75,960 Hano 371 Hanunoo (Hanunóo) L-to-R Hanunoo 3.2 21 Hans 501 Han (Simplified variant) Subset Hani Hant 502 Han (Traditional variant) Subset Hani Hebr 125 Hebrew R-to-L Hebrew 1.0 133 Hira 410 Hiragana L-to-R Hiragana 1.0 91 Hmng 450 Pahawh Hmong Not in Unicode Hrkt 412 Japanese syllabaries (alias for Hiragana + Katakana) Katakana or Hiragana See Hira, Kana Hung 176 Old Hungarian ? (109) Provisionally accepted for Unicode[g] Inds 610 Indus (Harappan) Not in Unicode Ital 210 Old Italic (Etruscan, Oscan, etc.) L-to-R Old Italic 3.1 35 Ancient/historic Java 361 Javanese L-to-R Javanese 5.2 91 Jpan 413 Japanese (alias for Han + Hiragana + Katakana) See Hani, Hira and Kana Jurc 510 Jurchen Not in Unicode Kali 357 Kayah Li L-to-R Kayah Li 5.1 48 Kana 411 Katakana L-to-R Katakana 1.0 300 Khar 305 Kharoshthi R-to-L Kharoshthi 4.1 65 Ancient/historic Khmr 355 Khmer L-to-R Khmer 3.0 146 Khoj 322 Khojki Not in Unicode Knda 345 Kannada L-to-R Kannada 1.0 86 Kore 287 Korean (alias for Hangul + Han) See Hani and Hang Kpel 436 Kpelle Not in Unicode Kthi 317 Kaithi L-to-R Kaithi 5.2 66 Ancient/historic Lana 351 Tai Tham (Lanna) L-to-R Tai Tham 5.2 127 Laoo 356 Lao L-to-R Lao 1.0 65 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 L-to-R Latin 1.0 1,267 Lepc 335 Lepcha (Róng) L-to-R Lepcha 5.1 74 Limb 336 Limbu L-to-R Limbu 4.0 66 Lina 400 Linear A ? (341) Provisionally accepted for Unicode[g] Linb 401 Linear B L-to-R Linear B 4.0 211 Ancient/historic Lisu 399 Lisu (Fraser) L-to-R Lisu 5.2 48 Loma 437 Loma Not in Unicode Lyci 202 Lycian L-to-R Lycian 5.1 29 Ancient/historic Lydi 116 Lydian R-to-L Lydian 5.1 27 Ancient/historic Mand 140 Mandaic, Mandaean R-to-L Mandaic 6.0 29 Mani 139 Manichaean ? (51) Provisionally accepted for Unicode[g] Maya 090 Mayan hieroglyphs Not in Unicode Mend 438 Mende Not in Unicode Merc 101 Meroitic Cursive 6.1? 26? Included in beta release of Unicode 6.1.0[h] Mero 100 Meroitic Hieroglyphs 6.1? 32? Included in beta release of Unicode 6.1.0[h] Mlym 347 Malayalam L-to-R Malayalam 1.0 98 Mong 145 Mongolian L-to-R Mongolian 3.0 153 Includes Clear, Manchu scripts Moon 218 Moon (Moon code, Moon script, Moon type) Not in Unicode Mroo 199 Mro, Mru ? (43) Provisionally accepted for Unicode[g] Mtei 337 Meitei Mayek (Meithei, Meetei) L-to-R Meetei Mayek 5.2 56 Mymr 350 Myanmar (Burmese) L-to-R Myanmar 3.0 188 Narb 106 Old North Arabian (Ancient North Arabian) ? (32) Provisionally accepted for Unicode[g] Nbat 159 Nabataean ? (40) Provisionally accepted for Unicode[g] Nkgb 420 Nakhi Geba ('Na-'Khi ²Ggŏ-¹baw, Naxi Geba) Not in Unicode Nkoo 165 N’Ko R-to-L N'Ko 5.0 59 Nshu 499 Nüshu ? (389) Provisionally accepted for Unicode[g] Ogam 212 Ogham L-to-R Ogham 3.0 29 Ancient/historic Olck 261 Ol Chiki (Ol Cemet’, Ol, Santali) L-to-R Ol Chiki 5.1 48 Orkh 175 Old Turkic, Orkhon Runic R-to-L Old Turkic 5.2 73 Ancient/historic Orya 327 Oriya L-to-R Oriya 1.0 90 Osma 260 Osmanya L-to-R Osmanya 4.0 40 Palm 126 Palmyrene ? (32) Provisionally accepted for Unicode[g] Perm 227 Old Permic Not in Unicode Phag 331 Phags-pa L-to-R Phags-pa 5.0 56 Ancient/historic Phli 131 Inscriptional Pahlavi Inscriptional_Pahlavi 5.2 27 Ancient/historic Phlp 132 Psalter Pahlavi Not in Unicode Phlv 133 Book Pahlavi Not in Unicode Phnx 115 Phoenician R-to-L Phoenician 5.0 29 Ancient/historic Plrd 282 Miao (Pollard) 6.1? 133? Included in beta release of Unicode 6.1.0[h] Prti 130 Inscriptional Parthian R-to-L Inscriptional Parthian 5.2 30 Ancient/historic Qaaa 900 Reserved for private use (start) Not in Unicode Qaai 908 (Private use) Inherited 523 In versions prior to 5.2 (from 5.2: 'Zinh') Qabx 949 Reserved for private use (end) Not in Unicode Rjng 363 Rejang (Redjang, Kaganga) L-to-R Rejang 5.1 37 Roro 620 Rongorongo Not in Unicode Runr 211 Runic L-to-R Runic 3.0 78 Ancient/historic Samr 123 Samaritan R-to-L Samaritan 5.2 61 Sara 292 Sarati Not in Unicode Sarb 105 Old South Arabian R-to-L Old South Arabian 5.2 32 Ancient/historic Saur 344 Saurashtra L-to-R Saurashtra 5.1 81 Sgnw 095 SignWriting Not in Unicode Shaw 281 Shavian (Shaw) L-to-R Shavian 4.0 48 Shrd 319 Sharada, Śāradā 6.1? 83? Included in beta release of Unicode 6.1.0[h] Sind 318 Khudawadi, Sindhi Not in Unicode Sinh 348 Sinhala L-to-R Sinhala 3.0 80 Sora 398 Sora Sompeng 6.1? 35? Included in beta release of Unicode 6.1.0[h] Sund 362 Sundanese L-to-R Sundanese 5.1 55 Sylo 316 Syloti Nagri L-to-R Syloti Nagri 4.1 44 Syrc 135 Syriac R-to-L Syriac 3.0 77 Syre 138 Syriac (Estrangelo variant) Not in Unicode Syrj 137 Syriac (Western variant) Not in Unicode Syrn 136 Syriac (Eastern variant) Not in Unicode Tagb 373 Tagbanwa L-to-R Tagbanwa 3.2 18 Takr 321 Takri, Ṭākrī, Ṭāṅkrī 6.1? 66? Included in beta release of Unicode 6.1.0[h] Tale 353 Tai Le L-to-R Tai Le 4.0 35 Talu 354 New Tai Lue L-to-R New Tai Lue 4.1 83 Taml 346 Tamil L-to-R Tamil 1.0 72 Tang 520 Tangut ? (5,910) Provisionally accepted for Unicode[g] Tavt 359 Tai Viet L-to-R Tai Viet 5.2 72 Telu 340 Telugu L-to-R Telugu 1.0 93 Teng 290 Tengwar Not in Unicode Tfng 120 Tifinagh (Berber) L-to-R Tifinagh 4.1 57 Tglg 370 Tagalog (Baybayin, Alibata) L-to-R Tagalog 3.2 20 Thaa 170 Thaana R-to-L Thaana 3.0 50 Thai 352 Thai L-to-R Thai 1.0 86 Tibt 330 Tibetan L-to-R Tibetan 1.0 207 (removed in 1.1 and reintroduced in 2.0) Tirh 326 Tiruta Not in Unicode Ugar 040 Ugaritic L-to-R Ugaritic 4.0 31 Ancient/historic Vaii 470 Vai L-to-R Vai 5.1 300 Visp 280 Visible Speech Not in Unicode Wara 262 Warang Citi (Varang Kshiti) Not in Unicode Wole 480 Woleai Not in Unicode Xpeo 030 Old Persian L-to-R Old Persian 4.1 50 Ancient/historic Xsux 020 Cuneiform, Sumero-Akkadian L-to-R Cuneiform 5.0 982 Ancient/historic Yiii 460 Yi L-to-R Yi 3.0 1,220 Zinh 994 Code for inherited script Inherited In version 5.2 (prior versions: 'Qaai') 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 6,379 Zzzz 999 Code for uncoded script Unknown all other code points Notes - ^ ISO 15924 publications (at Unicode.org site) As of 21 June 2011[update]
- ^ ISO 15924 Normative text file (Alias names are informal)
- ^ ISO 15924 Changes (including Aliases for Unicode)
- ^ As of Unicode version 6.0
- ^ Unicode charts
- ^ Unicode uses the Alias (Property Value Alias) as the script-name. These Alias names are part of Unicode and are published informatively next to ISO 15924
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Relations to other standards
The following standards are referred to as indispensable by ISO 15924.
- ISO 639-2:1998 Codes for the representation of names of languages — Part 2: Alpha-3 code
- ISO/IEC 9541-1:1991 Information technology — Font information interchange — Part 1: Architecture
- ISO/IEC 10646-1:2000 Information technology — Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character Set (UCS)
For definition of font and glyph the standard refers to
- ISO/IEC 9541-1:1991
References
- ^ a b c Everson, Michael. "ISO 15924:2004". http://unicode.org/iso15924/standard/index.html. Retrieved 21-06-2011.
- ^ Unicode - ISO 15924 Registration Authority
- ^ "Joint Advisory Committee ISO 15924 /RA-JAC". ISO, Unicode, Inc. & Evertype. http://unicode.org/iso15924/iso15924jac.html. Retrieved 2011-06-24.
- ^ In July, 2010, Duployan shorthand was assigned code 755, even though the 700-799 range still carried its original designation of (unassigned). Shortly thereafter, Revision 1.1 clarified that codes in the 700s were reserved for "Shorthands and other notations", although that revision is only provisional until it can be confirmed by governing committees.
- ^ Everson, Michael (2004-01-09). "ISO 15924:2004 Information and documentation — Codes for the representation of names of scripts". Unicode Consortium. http://www.unicode.org/iso15924/standard/index.html.
External links
- ISO 15924:2004
- ISO 15924 Registration Authority (Unicode)
- Official ISO 15924 code lists
- Overview of changes in time
ISO 15924 (List) Afak · Arab · Armi · Armn · Avst · Bali · Bamu · Bass · Batk · Beng · Blis · Bopo · Brah · Brai · Bugi · Buhd · Cakm · Cans · Cari · Cham · Cher · Cirt · Copt · Cprt · Cyrl · Cyrs · Deva · Dsrt · Dupl · Egyd · Egyh · Egyp · Elba · Ethi · Geok · Geor · Glag · Goth · Gran · Grek · Gujr · Guru · Hang · Hani · Hano · Hans · Hant · Hebr · Hira · Hmng · Hrkt · Hung · Inds · Ital · Java · Jpan · Jurc · Kali · Kana · Khar · Khmr · Khoj · Knda · Kore · Kpel · Kthi · Lana · Laoo · Latf · Latg · Latn · Lepc · Limb · Lina · Linb · Lisu · Loma · Lyci · Lydi · Mand · Mani · Maya · Mend · Merc · Mero · Mlym · Mong · Moon · Mroo · Mtei · Mymr · Narb · Nbat · Nkgb · Nkoo · Nshu · Ogam · Olck · Orkh · Orya · Osma · Palm · Perm · Phag · Phli · Phlp · Phlv · Phnx · Plrd · Prti · Qaaa — Qabx · Rjng · Roro · Runr · Samr · Sara · Sarb · Saur · Sgnw · Shaw · Shrd · Sind · Sinh · Sora · Sund · Sylo · Syrc · Syre · Syrj · Syrn · Tagb · Takr · Tale · Talu · Taml · Tang · Tavt · Telu · Teng · Tfng · Tglg · Thaa · Thai · Tibt · Tirh · Ugar · Vaii · Visp · Wara · Wole · Xpeo · Xsux · Yiii · Zinh · Zmth · Zsym · Zxxx · Zyyy · Zzzz
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