Makasar is a Unicode block containing characters for Makasar script (also known as "Old Makassarese" or "Makassarese bird script" in English-language scholarly works). The script was used historically in South Sulawesi, Indonesia for writing the Makassarese language.

Block

Makasar[1][2] (PDF)
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U+11EEx𑻠𑻡𑻢𑻣𑻤𑻥𑻦𑻧𑻨𑻩𑻪𑻫𑻬𑻭𑻮𑻯
U+11EFx𑻰𑻱𑻲𑻳𑻴𑻵𑻶𑻷𑻸
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 Makasar block:

VersionFinal code pointsCountL2 IDDocument
11.0U+11EE0..11EF825Pandey, Anshuman (2015-06-24), Preliminary Proposal to Encode the Makassarese Bird Script
Pandey, Anshuman (2015-07-18), Proposal to Encode the Old Makassarese Script
Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; McGowan, Rick; Pournader, Roozbeh; Glass, Andrew; Iancu, Laurențiu (2015-11-01), "4. Makasar Script", Recommendations to UTC #145 November 2015 on Script Proposals
Pandey, Anshuman (2015-11-02), Proposal to encode the Makasar script
Moore, Lisa (2015-11-16), "D.4", UTC #145 Minutes