Adlam is a Unicode block containing characters from the Adlam script, an alphabetic script devised during the late 1980s for writing the Fula language.

In June 2016, Adlam was added to the Unicode Standard with the release of version 9.0.

In October 2017, Google released a Noto font that supports the block, Noto Sans Adlam, although it does not handle prenasalized consonants properly.

On 3 October 2018, Microsoft released an updated Ebrima font to support Adlam alphabet to Windows Insiders as part of the Windows 10 version 1903 feature update, starting from build 18252. Again, it does not handle prenasalized consonants properly.

Block

Adlam[1][2] (PDF)
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U+1E90x𞤀𞤁𞤂𞤃𞤄𞤅𞤆𞤇𞤈𞤉𞤊𞤋𞤌𞤍𞤎𞤏
U+1E91x𞤐𞤑𞤒𞤓𞤔𞤕𞤖𞤗𞤘𞤙𞤚𞤛𞤜𞤝𞤞𞤟
U+1E92x𞤠𞤡𞤢𞤣𞤤𞤥𞤦𞤧𞤨𞤩𞤪𞤫𞤬𞤭𞤮𞤯
U+1E93x𞤰𞤱𞤲𞤳𞤴𞤵𞤶𞤷𞤸𞤹𞤺𞤻𞤼𞤽𞤾𞤿
U+1E94x𞥀𞥁𞥂𞥃𞥊𞥄𞥅𞥆𞥇𞥈𞥉𞥋
U+1E95x𞥐𞥑𞥒𞥓𞥔𞥕𞥖𞥗𞥘𞥙𞥞𞥟
Notes 1.^ As of Unicode version 17.0 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 Adlam block:

VersionFinal code pointsCountL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
9.0U+1E900..1E94A, 1E950..1E959, 1E95E..1E95F87Everson, Michael (2013-10-28), Preliminary proposal to encode the Adlam script in the SMP of the UCS
Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; McGowan, Rick; Pournader, Roozbeh (2013-10-31), "2", Recommendations to UTC #137 November 2013 on Script Proposals
Everson, Michael (2014-09-23), Proposal for encoding the Adlam script in the SMP of the UCS
Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; McGowan, Rick; Pournader, Roozbeh; Iancu, Laurențiu; Glass, Andrew; Constable, Peter; Suignard, Michel (2014-10-27), "9. Adlam", Recommendations to UTC #141 October 2014 on Script Proposals
Moore, Lisa (2014-11-10), "Consensus 141-C20", UTC #141 Minutes, Accept 87 Adlam characters at U+1E900..U+1E95F in block Adlam U+1E900..U+1E95F, with properties as given in L2/14-219R for encoding in a future version of the standard.
, )Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2015-09-01), "10.2.6", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 63
Patel, Neil; Jamra, Mark (2019-01-19), Replacement of Adlam Reference Font in Codesheet to Updated Design
Patel, Neil; Jamra, Mark; Cornelius, Craig; Barry, Ibrahima; Barry, Abdoulaye (2019-04-19), Replacement of Adlam Reference Font in Codesheet to Updated Design
Anderson, Deborah; et al. (2019-04-29), "5. Adlam", Recommendations to UTC #159 April-May 2019 on Script Proposals
Moore, Lisa (2019-05-08), "C.14", UTC #159 Minutes
Patel, Neil; et al. (2024-08-08), Replacement of Adlam Reference Font in Codesheet to Updated Design
Kučera, Jan; et al. (2024-11-01), "4.1 Adlam Glyphs Updates", Recommendations to UTC #181 (November 2024) on Script Proposals
Constable, Peter (2024-11-12), "Consensus 181-C41", UTC #181 Minutes, Change the chart font for the Adlam script to a new version of the Ebrima font
12.0U+1E94B1Barry, Abdoulaye; Barry, Ibrahima; Constable, Peter; Glass, Andrew (2018-08-26), Proposal to encode ADLAM LETTER APOSTROPHE for ADLaM script
McGowan, Rick (2018-09-14), "Feedback on an Encoding Proposal L2/18-282", Comments on Public Review Issues (July 24 - Sept 14, 2018)
Anderson, Deborah; et al. (2018-09-14), "3. Adlam", Recommendations to UTC #157 on Script Proposals
Barry, Abdoulaye; Barry, Ibrahima; Constable, Peter; Glass, Andrew (2018-11-17), Proposal to encode ADLAMNASALIZATION MARKfor ADLaM script
Moore, Lisa (2018-10-29), "C.7", UTC #157 Minutes

See also