Samaritan is a Unicode block containing characters used for writing Samaritan Hebrew and Aramaic.

Samaritan[1][2] (PDF)
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U+080xࠀ‎ࠁ‎ࠂ‎ࠃ‎ࠄ‎ࠅ‎ࠆ‎ࠇ‎ࠈ‎ࠉ‎ࠊ‎ࠋ‎ࠌ‎ࠍ‎ࠎ‎ࠏ‎
U+081xࠐ‎ࠑ‎ࠒ‎ࠓ‎ࠔ‎ࠕ‎ࠖ‎ࠗ‎࠘‎࠙‎ࠚ‎ࠛ‎ࠜ‎ࠝ‎ࠞ‎ࠟ‎
U+082xࠠ‎ࠡ‎ࠢ‎ࠣ‎ࠤ‎ࠥ‎ࠦ‎ࠧ‎ࠨ‎ࠩ‎ࠪ‎ࠫ‎ࠬ‎࠭‎
U+083x࠰‎࠱‎࠲‎࠳‎࠴‎࠵‎࠶‎࠷‎࠸‎࠹‎࠺‎࠻‎࠼‎࠽‎࠾‎
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 Samaritan block:

VersionFinal code pointsCountL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
5.2U+0800..082D, 0830..083E61Constable, Peter (2003-06-13), Proposal to encode Samaritan Pentateuch Sign
Keown, Elaine (2004-05-12), Proposal to add Samaritan Pointing to ISO 10646
, )Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2007-10-10), "M51.13", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 51 Hanzhou, China; 2007-04-24/27
Everson, Michael; Shoulson, Mark (2007-07-27), Preliminary proposal to add the Samaritan alphabet to the BMP of the UCS
Whistler, Ken (2007-08-02), Middle Dots and Don'ts
Freytag, Asmus (2007-08-05), Non-blank spaces
Moore, Lisa (2007-08-21), "C.13", UTC #112 Minutes
Everson, Michael (2008-01-25), Proposal to add the Samaritan alphabet to the BMP of the UCS
Moore, Lisa (2008-02-14), "Samaritan", UTC #114 Minutes
, )Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2008-08-13), "M52.8", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 52