ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2 N1580
Date: 1997-08-16
This is an unofficial HTML version of a document submitted to WG2.
A. Administrative | |
1. Title | Proposal for encoding the Etruscan script in ISO/IEC 10646 |
2. Requester's name | Michael Everson, Evertype (WG2 member for Ireland) |
3. Requester type | Expert contribution |
4. Submission date | 1997-05-26 |
5. Requester's reference | http://www.evertype.com/standards/iso10646/plane-1/eo.html |
6a. Completion | This is a complete proposal. |
6b. More information to be provided? | No. |
B. Technical -- General | |
1a. New script? Name? | Yes. Etruscan. |
1b. Addition of characters to existing block? Name? | No |
2. Number of characters | 39 |
3. Proposed category | Category C |
4. Proposed level of implementation and rationale | Etruscan requires Level 1 implementation. |
5a. Character names included in proposal? | Yes |
5b. Character names in accordance with guidelines? | Yes |
5c. Character shapes reviewable? | Yes (see below) |
6a. Who will provide computerized font? | Michael Everson, Evertype |
6b. Font currently available? | Michael Everson, Evertype |
6c. Font format? | TrueType |
7a. Are references (to other character sets, dictionaries, descriptive texts, etc.) provided? | Yes. |
7b. Are published examples (such as samples from newspapers, magazines, or other sources) of use of proposed characters attached? | No. |
8. Does the proposal address other aspects of character data processing? | No. |
C. Technical -- Justification | |
1. Contact with the user community? | No. |
2. Information on the user community? | Scholarly community and script enthusiasts. |
3a. The context of use for the proposed characters? | Etruscan script is commonly used to write Etruscan. |
3b. Reference | Unicode Technical Report #3 |
4a. Proposed characters in current use? | Yes |
4b. Where? | By scholars worldwide. |
5a. Characters should be encoded entirely in BMP? | No. Positions U+0001 0100 - U+0001 012F are proposed for the encoding. |
5b. Rationale | Etruscan is a Category C script. |
6. Should characters be kept in a continuous range? | Yes |
7a. Can the characters be considered a presentation form of an existing character or character sequence? | No |
7b. Where? | |
7c. Reference | |
8a. Can any of the characters be considered to be similar (in appearance or function) to an existing character? | No, apart from the usual resemblences of related scripts like Latin and Greek |
8b. Where? | |
8c. Reference | |
9a. Combining characters or use of composite sequences included? | No |
9b. List of composite sequences and their corresponding glyph images provided? | No |
10. Characters with any special properties such as control function, etc. included? | No |
D. SC2/WG2 AdministrativeTo be completed by SC2/WG2 | |
1. Relevant SC 2/WG 2 document numbers: | |
2. Status (list of meeting number and corresponding action or disposition) | |
3. Additional contact to user communities, liaison organizations etc. | |
4. Assigned category and assigned priority/time frame | |
Other Comments |
Processing
Etruscan was written from right to left (occasionally boustrophedon). Archaic inscriptions have no spaces between words, but later inscriptions frequently have single or double dots between words. The letters II and UU are used in Oscan but not in Etruscan. The letters ES and O appear in Etruscan inscriptions only in the context of abecedaries and were apparently not used to write the Etruscan language.
Etruscan can be written either right-to-left or left-to-right. Right-to-left was most commonly used by the Etruscans themselves in antiquity, but most modern users employ left-to-right display. Accordingly, the default direction for the Etruscan script is considered to be left-to-right, and right-to-left display can be achieved by use of U+200F. It should be noted that the glyphs in fonts for right-to-left display are mirror images of the glyphs given in the table below.
Three columns are required to encode Etruscan. The Etruscan block is divided into the following ranges:
U+0001 xx00 -> xx1C Etruscan letters U+0001 xx1F currently unassigned U+0001 xx20 Etruscan word space U+0001 xx21 -> xx29 Etruscan numerals U+0001 xx2A -> xx2F currently unassigned
Names and code table | |
000 0001 xx00 ETRUSCAN LETTER A 001 0001 xx01 ETRUSCAN LETTER BE 002 0001 xx02 ETRUSCAN LETTER KE 003 0001 xx03 ETRUSCAN LETTER DE 004 0001 xx04 ETRUSCAN LETTER E 005 0001 xx05 ETRUSCAN LETTER VE 006 0001 xx06 ETRUSCAN LETTER ZE 007 0001 xx07 ETRUSCAN LETTER HE 008 0001 xx08 ETRUSCAN LETTER THE 009 0001 xx09 ETRUSCAN LETTER I 010 0001 xx0A ETRUSCAN LETTER KA 011 0001 xx0B ETRUSCAN LETTER EL 012 0001 xx0C ETRUSCAN LETTER EM 013 0001 xx0D ETRUSCAN LETTER EN 014 0001 xx0E ETRUSCAN LETTER ESH 015 0001 xx0F ETRUSCAN LETTER O (Faliscan) 016 0001 xx10 ETRUSCAN LETTER PE 017 0001 xx11 ETRUSCAN LETTER SHE 018 0001 xx12 ETRUSCAN LETTER KU 019 0001 xx13 ETRUSCAN LETTER ER 020 0001 xx14 ETRUSCAN LETTER ES 021 0001 xx15 ETRUSCAN LETTER TE 022 0001 xx16 ETRUSCAN LETTER U 023 0001 xx17 ETRUSCAN LETTER EKS (Faliscan) 025 0001 xx18 ETRUSCAN LETTER PHE 026 0001 xx19 ETRUSCAN LETTER KHE 027 0001 xx1A ETRUSCAN LETTER EF 028 0001 xx1B ETRUSCAN LETTER ERS (Umbrian) 029 0001 xx1C ETRUSCAN LETTER CHE (Umbrian) 030 0001 xx1D ETRUSCAN LETTER II (Oscan) 031 0001 xx1E ETRUSCAN LETTER UU (Oscan) 032 0001 xx1F (This position shall not be used) 033 0001 xx20 ETRUSCAN WORD DIVIDER 034 0001 xx21 ETRUSCAN NUMERAL ONE 035 0001 xx22 ETRUSCAN NUMERAL FIVE 036 0001 xx23 ETRUSCAN NUMERAL TEN 036 0001 xx24 ETRUSCAN NUMERAL FIFTY 037 0001 xx25 ETRUSCAN NUMERAL ONE HUNDRED 038 0001 xx26 ETRUSCAN NUMERAL ALTERNATE ONE HUNDRED 039 0001 xx27 ETRUSCAN NUMERAL ONE THOUSAND 040 0001 xx28 ETRUSCAN NUMERAL ONE HUNDRED OR ONE THOUSAND 041 0001 xx29 ETRUSCAN NUMERAL ONE THOUSAND OR TEN THOUSAND 042 0001 xx2A (This position shall not be used) 043 0001 xx2B (This position shall not be used) 044 0001 xx2C (This position shall not be used) 045 0001 xx2D (This position shall not be used) 046 0001 xx2E (This position shall not be used) 047 0001 xx2F (This position shall not be used) | ![]() |