Lao (Unicode block)

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Lao
RangeU+0E80..U+0EFF
(128 code points)
PlaneBMP
ScriptsLao
Major alphabetsLao
Pali
Assigned83 code points
Unused45 reserved code points
Source standardsThai Industrial Standard 620-2529 and 620-2533
Unicode version history
1.0.0 (1991)70 (+70)
1.0.1 (1992)65 (-5)
6.1 (2012)67 (+2)
12.0 (2019)82 (+15)
15.0 (2022)83 (+1)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: Five characters were removed from the Lao block in version 1.0.1 during the process of unifying with ISO 10646.[1][2][3]
Unicode block for the Lao language
Graphical representation of the Lao Unicode block

Lao is a Unicode block containing characters for the languages of Laos. The characters of the Lao block are allocated so as to be equivalent to the similarly positioned characters of the Thai block immediately preceding it.

Block

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Lao[1][2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
U+0E8x
U+0E9x
U+0EAx
U+0EBx
U+0ECx
U+0EDx
U+0EEx
U+0EFx
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 17.0
2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

History

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

References

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  1. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  2. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  3. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).