Soyombo (Unicode block) explained

Blockname:	Soyombo
Rangestart:	11A50
Rangeend:	11AAF
Script1:	Soyombo
10 0:	80
11 0:	1
12 0:	2
Note:	^[1] ^[2]

Soyombo is a Unicode block containing characters from the Soyombo alphabet, which is an abugida developed by the monk and scholar Zanabazar (1635–1723) in 1686 to write Mongolian. It can also be used to write Tibetan and Sanskrit. In addition, this block includes the Soyombo symbol on the flag of Mongolia.

Block

The Soyombo block was added to Unicode in June 2017 with version 10.0:^[3]

History

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

		Count	L2 ID	WG2 ID	Document
10.0	U+11A50..11A83, 11A86..11A9C, 11A9E..11AA2	80		N1855
				html, doc)
				doc)
				N3949
				N3986
				N4026
				N4142
				N4414
				doc)
				N4655
				N4653
				N4699
				N4739
11.0	U+11A9D	1
12.0	U+11A84..11A85	2
				N4867
				doc)

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: Unicode 10.0.0. www.unicode.org.