Makasar (Unicode block) explained

Blockname:Makasar
Rangestart:11EE0
Rangeend:11EFF
Script1:Makasar
11 0:25
Note:[1] [2]

Makasar is a Unicode block containing characters for Makasar script (also known as "Old Makassarese" or "Makassarese bird script" in English-language scholarly works).[3] The script was used historically in South Sulawesi, Indonesia for writing the Makassarese language.[4]

Block

History

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

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: L2/15-233: Proposal to encode the Makasar script in Unicode . Anshuman . Pandey . 2015-11-02 .
  4. Book: The Unicode Standard, Version 11.0 . Chapter 17: Indonesia and Oceania . Unicode, Inc . June 2018 . Mountain View, CA . 978-1-936213-19-1 .

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Makasar (Unicode block)".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2025, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.