Marchen is a Unicode block containing characters from the Marchen alphabet, which has been used to write the extinct Zhang-Zhung language of the Zhang-zhung culture of Tibet. In modern Bon usage, Marchen is also used to write Tibetan.

Marchen[1][2] (PDF)
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U+11C7x𑱰‎𑱱‎𑱲‎𑱳‎𑱴‎𑱵‎𑱶‎𑱷‎𑱸‎𑱹‎𑱺‎𑱻‎𑱼‎𑱽‎𑱾‎𑱿‎
U+11C8x𑲀‎𑲁‎𑲂‎𑲃‎𑲄‎𑲅‎𑲆‎𑲇‎𑲈‎𑲉‎𑲊‎𑲋‎𑲌‎𑲍‎𑲎‎𑲏‎
U+11C9x𑲒‎𑲓‎𑲔‎𑲕‎𑲖‎𑲗‎𑲘‎𑲙‎𑲚‎𑲛‎𑲜‎𑲝‎𑲞‎𑲟‎
U+11CAx𑲠‎𑲡‎𑲢‎𑲣‎𑲤‎𑲥‎𑲦‎𑲧‎𑲩‎𑲪‎𑲫‎𑲬‎𑲭‎𑲮‎𑲯‎
U+11CBx𑲰‎𑲱‎𑲲‎𑲳‎𑲴‎𑲵‎𑲶‎
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 Marchen block:

VersionFinal code pointsCountL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
9.0U+11C70..11C8F, 11C92..11CA7, 11CA9..11CB668West, Andrew (2011-04-30), Proposal to encode the Marchen script in the SMP of the UCS
West, Andrew (2013-10-22), Final proposal to encode the Marchen script in the SMP of the UCS
, )Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2014-01-28), "10.3.16 Marchen script", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 61, Holiday Inn, Vilnius, Lithuania; 2013-06-10/14
Moore, Lisa (2014-02-17), "D.13", UTC #138 Minutes
, )Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2014-09-16), "M62.10", Minutes of WG 2 meeting 62 Adobe, San Jose, CA, USA
Moore, Lisa (2015-02-12), "Consensus 142-C16", UTC #142 Minutes, Rescind approval of U+11CA8 MARCHEN SUBJOINED LETTER -A.