Vai is a Unicode block containing characters of the Vai syllabary used for writing the Vai language of Sierra Leone and Liberia.

Block

Vai[1][2] (PDF)
0123456789ABCDEF
U+A50x
U+A51x
U+A52x
U+A53x
U+A54x
U+A55x
U+A56x
U+A57x
U+A58x
U+A59x
U+A5Ax
U+A5Bx
U+A5Cx
U+A5Dx
U+A5Ex
U+A5Fx
U+A60x
U+A61x
U+A62x
U+A63x
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 Vai block:

VersionFinal code pointsCountL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
5.1U+A500..A62B300Riley, Charles (2004-11-06), Status report on Vai encoding
Riley, Charles L.; Rivera, José R.; Sherman, Tombekai V.; Glavy, Jason (2005-01-31), Preliminary codechart for encoding Vai into the SMP of the UCS
Everson, Michael; Riley, Charles; Rivera, José (2005-08-01), Proposal to add the Vai script to the BMP of the UCS
Moore, Lisa (2005-08-17), "Vai (C.2)", UTC #104 Minutes
, )Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2006-02-16), "7.4.5", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 47, Sophia Antipolis, France; 2005-09-12/15
McGowan, Rick (2006-04-18), Regarding WG2 N3081, proposal for additions to Vai
Everson, Michael (2006-04-23), Proposal for addition of Vai characters to the UCS
Moore, Lisa (2006-05-25), "C.12", UTC #107 Minutes
, )Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2006-08-25), "M48.3, M48.5c [U+A555]", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 48, Mountain View, CA, USA; 2006-04-24/27
Everson, Michael (2007-04-18), Proposal to add additional historic syllables for Vai
Moore, Lisa (2007-05-23), "111-C17", UTC #111 Minutes
, )Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2007-07-26), "M50.2", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 50, Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany; 2007-04-24/27
Riley, Charles (2008-07-21), List of Contributors and Participants in the Vai Proposal for Unicode