Buginese is a Unicode block containing characters of the Lontara script used to write the Buginese and Makassar languages of Sulawesi.

Buginese[1][2] (PDF)
0123456789ABCDEF
U+1A0x
U+1A1x◌ᨗ◌ᨘᨙ◌◌ᨚ◌ᨛ
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 Buginese block:

VersionFinal code pointsCountL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
4.1U+1A00..1A1B, 1A1E..1A1F30L2/98-021Everson, Michael (1997-12-08), Proposal to encode Buginese in ISO/IEC 10646
Aliprand, Joan; Winkler, Arnold, "3.A.2. item e. Buginese", 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), "8.9.1", Unconfirmed Meeting Minutes, WG 2 Meeting #34, Redmond, WA, USA; 1998-03-16--20
Everson, Michael (1998-11-24), Revised proposal for encoding the Buginese script in the UCS
Everson, Michael (2003-06-09), Final proposal for encoding the Buginese script in the UCS
Kai, Daniel (2003-08-13), Lepcha, Limbu, Syloti, Saurashtra, Tai Le and Bugis Proposals
Kai, Daniel (2003-08-13), Introduction to the Bugis Script
Everson, Michael (2003-10-05), Revised final proposal for encoding the Lontara (Buginese) script in the UCS
Moore, Lisa (2013-02-04), "Consensus 134-C4", UTC #134 Minutes, Change the general category and bidi class of U+1A1B BUGINESE VOWEL SIGN AE to "Mn" and "NSM", for Unicode 6.3.