Arabic Extended-B Explained

Rangestart:	0870
Rangeend:	089F
Script1:	Arabic
Alphabets:	Bosnian Javanese Sorabe Sundanese
14 0:	41
Note:	^[1] ^[2]

Arabic Extended-B is a Unicode block encoding Qur'anic annotations and letter variants used for various non-Arabic languages. The block also includes currency symbols and an abbreviation mark.^[3]

Block

History

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

		Count	L2 ID	WG2 ID	Document
14.0	U+0870..0888, 089D..089F	28		N5142
	U+0889..088A	2
	U+088B..088D	3
	U+088E	1
	U+0890..0891	2
	U+0898..089C	5

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. The Unicode Consortium. The Unicode Standard, Version 14.0.0, (Mountain View, CA: The Unicode Consortium, 2011.), Chapter 9