Ahom (Unicode block) explained

Blockname:	Ahom
Rangestart:	11700
Rangeend:	1174F
Script1:	Ahom
Alphabets:	Ahom
8 0:	57
11 0:	1
14 0:	7
Note:	The Ahom block was expanded by 16 code points in Unicode 14.0.^[1] ^[2]

Ahom is a Unicode block containing characters used for writing the Ahom alphabet, which was used to write the Ahom language spoken by the Ahom people in Assam between the 13th and the 18th centuries.^[3]

The block size was expanded by 16 code points in Unicode version 14.0 (version 13: → version 14:), and 7 more characters were defined.^[4] This was the first block to expanded since Unicode version 1.1.

History

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

		Count	L2 ID	WG2 ID	Document
8.0	U+11700..11719, 1171D..1172B, 11730..1173F	57		N3928
				N4290
				N4321R
				doc)
11.0	U+1171A	1
14.0	U+11740..11746	7

Notes and References

1. Web site: Unicode character database. The Unicode Standard. 2023-07-26.
2. Web site: Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard. The Unicode Standard. 2023-07-26.
3. Web site: N4321R: Revised Proposal to add the Ahom Script in the SMP of the UCS . Martin . Hosken . Stephen . Morey . Working Group Document, ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2 . 2012-10-23 .
4. Web site: BETA Unicode 14.0.0 . The Unicode Standard . 17 September 2022.