Beria Erfe is a Unicode block containing letters for Zaghawa script, developed as a way to write the Zaghawa language (also known as Beria) of Sudan, Chad, and Libya.

Block

Beria Erfe[1][2] (PDF)
0123456789ABCDEF
U+16EAx𖺠𖺡𖺢𖺣𖺤𖺥𖺦𖺧𖺨𖺩𖺪𖺫𖺬𖺭𖺮𖺯
U+16EBx𖺰𖺱𖺲𖺳𖺴𖺵𖺶𖺷𖺸𖺻𖺼𖺽𖺾𖺿
U+16ECx𖻀𖻁𖻂𖻃𖻄𖻅𖻆𖻇𖻈𖻉𖻊𖻋𖻌𖻍𖻎𖻏
U+16EDx𖻐𖻑𖻒𖻓
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 Beria Erfe block:

VersionFinal code pointsCountL2 IDDocument
17.0U+16EA0..16EB8, 16EBB..16ED350Priest, Lorna (2008-07-29), Preliminary proposal to encode Beria Giray Erfe (or Beria Branding Script)
McGowan, Rick (2008-08-13), "C.8", Scripts Subcommittee Draft Notes and Recommendations to UTC #116
Riley, Charles L. (2022-03-03), "Beria", Update on implementation status of African scripts
Yousuf, Oreen; Riley, Charles; Yacob, Daniel; Patel, Neil; Brookes, Tim (2023-09-08), "Beria Giray Erfe/Zaghawa", Update on Usage and Implementation Status of African Scripts
Issa, Siddick Adam; et al. (2024-01-26), Proposal for encoding the Beria Erfe (Zaghawa) script in the SMP
Anderson, Deborah; Goregaokar, Manish; Kučera, Jan; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Constable, Peter (2024-01-22), "1. Beria Erfe", Recommendations to UTC #178 January 2024 on Script Proposals
Anderson, Deborah; Goregaokar, Manish; Kučera, Jan; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Constable, Peter (2024-04-18), "1. Beria Erfe", Recommendations to UTC #179 April 2024 on Script Proposals
Constable, Peter (2024-04-29), "1. Beria Erfe", UTC #179 Minutes