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Kaktovik Numerals (Unicode block)

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Unicode character block
Kaktovik Numerals
RangeU+1D2C0..U+1D2DF
(32 code points)
PlaneSMP
ScriptsCommon
Symbol setsKaktovik numerals
Assigned20 code points
Unused12 reserved code points
Unicode version history
Latest changeVersion 15.0
15.0 (2022)20 (+20)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
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The Kaktovik Numerals are a Unicode block for the Kaktovik numerals, a base-20 system of numerical digits created by Alaskan Iñupiaq. It was first encoded in Unicode version 15 in 2022. It contains 20 characters for representing each of the digits 0-19 in the base-20 place value numeral system of Iñupiaq and related Inuit, Yupik, and Unangan languages.

Kaktovik Numerals
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
U+1D2Cx 𝋀 𝋁 𝋂 𝋃 𝋄 𝋅 𝋆 𝋇 𝋈 𝋉 𝋊 𝋋 𝋌 𝋍 𝋎 𝋏
U+1D2Dx 𝋐 𝋑 𝋒 𝋓
Notes
1. As of Unicode version 16.0
2. Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

History

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

Version Final code points Count L2 ID Document
15.0 U+1D2C0..1D2D3 20 L2/20-070 Silva, Eduardo Marín (2020-02-09), Exploratory proposal to encode the Kaktovik numerals
L2/20-105 Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Moore, Lisa; Constable, Peter; Liang, Hai (2020-04-20), "14. Kaktovik Numerals", Recommendations to UTC #163 April 2020 on Script Proposals
L2/20-102 Moore, Lisa (2020-05-06), "Action Item 163-A59: Allocate U+1D250..U+1D26F for Kaktovik Numbers.", UTC #163 Minutes
L2/20-262 Silva, Eduardo Marín (2020-08-24), Request to move the tentative location of Kaktovik numerals on the roadmap
L2/20-250 Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Moore, Lisa; Constable, Peter; Liang, Hai (2020-10-01), "20. Kaktovik Numerals", Recommendations to UTC #165 October 2020 on Script Proposals
L2/21-058R Silva, Eduardo Marín; Miller, Kirk; Strand, Catherine (2021-04-29), Unicode request for Kaktovik numerals
L2/21-073 Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Moore, Lisa; Liang, Hai (2021-04-23), "16. Kaktovik Numerals", Recommendations to UTC #167 April 2021 on Script Proposals
L2/21-066 Moore, Lisa (2021-05-05), "Consensus 167-C7", UTC #167 Minutes
  1. Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names
  1. "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  2. "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
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