Batak (Unicode block)
# Batak (Unicode block)

Batak is a Unicode block containing characters for writing the Batak dialects of Karo, Mandailing, Pakpak, Simalungun, and Toba.

Batak Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF) :

| | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| U+1BCx | ᯀ | ᯁ | ᯂ | ᯃ | ᯄ | ᯅ | ᯆ | ᯇ | ᯈ | ᯉ | ᯊ | ᯋ | ᯌ | ᯍ | ᯎ | ᯏ |
| U+1BDx | ᯐ | ᯑ | ᯒ | ᯓ | ᯔ | ᯕ | ᯖ | ᯗ | ᯘ | ᯙ | ᯚ | ᯛ | ᯜ | ᯝ | ᯞ | ᯟ |
| U+1BEx | ᯠ | ᯡ | ᯢ | ᯣ | ᯤ | ᯥ | ᯦ | ᯧ | ᯨ | ᯩ | ᯪ | ᯫ | ᯬ | ᯭ | ᯮ | ᯯ |
| U+1BFx | ᯰ | ᯱ | ᯲ | ᯳ | | | | | | | | | ᯼ | ᯽ | ᯾ | ᯿ |
| Notes 1.^ As of Unicode version 15.0 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 Batak block:

| Version | Final code points | Count | L2 ID | WG2 ID | Document |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6.0 | U+1BC0..1BF3, 1BFC..1BFF | 56 | L2/99-066 | | Everson, Michael (1999-02-11), Batak script [preliminary chart] |
| 6.0 | U+1BC0..1BF3, 1BFC..1BFF | 56 | L2/07-233R | N3293R | Everson, Michael (2007-07-26), Preliminary proposal for encoding the Batak script in the UCS |
| 6.0 | U+1BC0..1BF3, 1BFC..1BFF | 56 | L2/08-147 | N3446 | McGowan, Rick; Whistler, Ken (2008-04-14), Discussion of Batak Vowel Ordering |
| 6.0 | U+1BC0..1BF3, 1BFC..1BFF | 56 | L2/08-274 | N3489 | Everson, Michael; Kozok, Uli (2008-08-04), On the inputting model for Batak |
| 6.0 | U+1BC0..1BF3, 1BFC..1BFF | 56 | L2/08-312 | | Anderson, Deborah (2008-08-11), Batak Input |
| 6.0 | U+1BC0..1BF3, 1BFC..1BFF | 56 | L2/08-011R | N3320R | Everson, Michael; Kozok, Uli (2008-10-07), Proposal for encoding the Batak script in the UCS |
| 6.0 | U+1BC0..1BF3, 1BFC..1BFF | 56 | L2/08-412 | N3553 (pdf, doc) | Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2008-11-05), "M53.21", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 53 |
| 6.0 | U+1BC0..1BF3, 1BFC..1BFF | 56 | L2/09-063 | | Anderson, Deborah (2009-01-29), Dialect‐Specific Characters in Batak (Batak proposal: L2/08‐011 WG2 N3320R) |
| 6.0 | U+1BC0..1BF3, 1BFC..1BFF | 56 | L2/09-104 | | Moore, Lisa (2009-05-20), "Consensus 119-C23", UTC #119 / L2 #216 Minutes |
| 6.0 | U+1BC0..1BF3, 1BFC..1BFF | 56 | | N4103 | "Resolution: M58.02", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 58, 2012-01-03 |
| ↑ Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names ||||||
