Unicode block for the Lao language
Graphical representation of the Lao Unicode block

Lao is a Unicode block containing characters for the languages of Laos. The characters of the Lao block are allocated so as to be equivalent to the similarly positioned characters of the Thai block immediately preceding it.

Block

Lao[1][2] (PDF)
0123456789ABCDEF
U+0E8x
U+0E9x
U+0EAx
U+0EBx
U+0ECx
U+0EDx
U+0EEx
U+0EFx
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 Lao block:

VersionFinal code pointsCountUTC IDL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
1.0.0U+0E81..0E82, 0E84, 0E87..0E88, 0E8A, 0E8D, 0E94..0E97, 0E99..0E9F, 0EA1..0EA3, 0EA5, 0EA7, 0EAA..0EAB, 0EAD..0EB9, 0EBB..0EBD, 0EC0..0EC4, 0EC6, 0EC8..0ECD, 0ED0..0ED9, 0EDC..0EDD65UTC/1991-058Whistler, Ken, Thai, Lao
Whistler, Ken (1991-03-27), "Thai, Lao", Draft Minutes from the UTC meeting #46 day 2, 3/27 at Apple
Freytag, Asmus (1992-05-12), "B. Indic SC", Unconfirmed minutes for UTC Meeting #52, May 8, 1992 at Xerox
Whistler, Ken (2002-01-14), Character Properties for avagrahas, etc.
West, Andrew (2005-10-30), Note on Lao Character Names
Moore, Lisa (2005-11-10), "Lao Names (C.15)", UTC #105 Minutes
, )Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2006-08-25), "M48.36", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 48, Mountain View, CA, USA; 2006-04-24/27
6.1U+0EDE..0EDF2Hosken, Martin (2010-10-05), Proposal to add minority characters to Lao script
Moore, Lisa (2010-11-09), "Consensus 125-C20", UTC #125 / L2 #222 Minutes
, )"M57.02i", Unconfirmed minutes of WG2 meeting 57, 2011-03-31
12.0U+0E86, 0E89, 0E8C, 0E8E..0E93, 0E98, 0EA0, 0EA8..0EA9, 0EAC, 0EBA15Rajan, Vinodh; Mitchell, Ben; Jansche, Martin; Brawer, Sascha (2017-07-19), Revised Proposal to Encode Lao Characters for Pali
Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Moore, Lisa; Liang, Hai (2017-07-28), "6. Lao", Recommendations to UTC #152 July-August 2017 on Script Proposals
Moore, Lisa (2017-08-11), "D.4", UTC #152 Minutes
, )"M66.14", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 66, 2018-03-23
15.0U+0ECE1Rajan, Vinodh; Bhikkhu, Jayasāro (2021-04-21), Proposal to Encode Lao Yamakkan
Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Moore, Lisa; Liang, Hai (2021-04-23), "11. Lao", Recommendations to UTC #167 April 2021 on Script Proposals
Rajan, Vinodh (2021-07-14), Response to Comments on Lao Yamakkan
Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Liang, Hai (2021-07-26), "16. Lao", Recommendations to UTC #168 July 2021 on Script Proposals
Cummings, Craig (2021-08-03), "B.1 Section 16, Lao", Draft Minutes of UTC Meeting 168