Avestan is a Unicode block containing characters devised for recording the Zoroastrian religious texts, Avesta, and was used to write the Middle Persian, or Pazand language.

Avestan[1][2] (PDF)
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U+10B0x𐬀𐬁𐬂𐬃𐬄𐬅𐬆𐬇𐬈𐬉𐬊𐬋𐬌𐬍𐬎𐬏
U+10B1x𐬐𐬑𐬒𐬓𐬔𐬕𐬖𐬗𐬘𐬙𐬚𐬛𐬜𐬝𐬞𐬟
U+10B2x𐬠𐬡𐬢𐬣𐬤𐬥𐬦𐬧𐬨𐬩𐬪𐬫𐬬𐬭𐬮𐬯
U+10B3x𐬰𐬱𐬲𐬳𐬴𐬵𐬹𐬺𐬻𐬼𐬽𐬾𐬿
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 Avestan block:

VersionFinal code pointsCountL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
5.2U+10B00..10B35, 10B39..10B3F61Everson, Michael (1998-01-18), Proposal to encode Avestan in the BMP of ISO/IEC 10646
Aliprand, Joan; Winkler, Arnold, "3.A.3. item a. Avestan", Minutes of the joint UTC and L2 meeting from the meeting in Cupertino, February 25-27, 1998
L2/98-286Umamaheswaran, V. S.; Ksar, Mike (1998-07-02), "8.9.4", Unconfirmed Meeting Minutes, WG 2 Meeting #34, Redmond, WA, USA; 1998-03-16--20
Bunz, Carl-Martin (2000-03-01), Scripts from the Past in Future Versions of Unicode
Bunz, Carl-Martin (2000-12-21), "Avestan", Iranianist Meeting Report: Symposium on Encoding Iranian Scripts in Unicode
Bunz, Carl-Martin (2001-11-23), "Avestan and Pahlavi scripts", 2nd Iranian Meeting Report
Gippert, Jost (2002-11-29), 3rd Iranian Unicode Conference: Conference material (29-11-2002)
Everson, Michael (2002-12-04), Revised proposal to encode the Avestan and Pahlavi script in the UCS
Everson, Michael; Pournader, Roozbeh (2006-10-20), Proposal to encode the Avestan script in the BMP of the UCS
Gippert, Jost (2006-11-06), Note from Jost Gippert to Deborah Anderson in support of Avestan
Everson, Michael; Baker, Peter; Dohnicht, Marcus; Emiliano, António; Haugen, Odd Einar; Pedro, Susana; Perry, David J.; Pournader, Roozbeh (2007-01-09), Proposal to add Medievalist and Iranianist punctuation characters to the UCS
Moore, Lisa (2007-02-08), "Consensus 110-C30", UTC #110 Minutes
Everson, Michael; Pournader, Roozbeh (2007-03-22), Revised proposal to encode the Avestan script in the SMP of the UCS
, )Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2007-07-26), "M50.35", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 50, Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany; 2007-04-24/27
Anderson, Deborah (2007-09-13), Comments on the Avestan Separation Point
Anderson, Deborah (2008-01-28), Additional Comments on the Avestan Separation Point
Anderson, Deborah (2008-04-13), Expert Feedback on AVESTAN SEPARATION POINT
Anderson, Deborah (2008-04-14), Expert Feedback on Avestan Separation Point by Profs. Skjaervo, Jamison, and Watkins