Yezidi is a Unicode block containing characters from the Yezidi script, which was used for writing Kurdish, specifically the Kurmanji dialect (Northern Kurdish) for liturgical purposes in Iraq and Georgia.

Block

Yezidi[1][2] (PDF)
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U+10E8x𐺀𐺁𐺂𐺃𐺄𐺅𐺆𐺇𐺈𐺉𐺊𐺋𐺌𐺍𐺎𐺏
U+10E9x𐺐𐺑𐺒𐺓𐺔𐺕𐺖𐺗𐺘𐺙𐺚𐺛𐺜𐺝𐺞𐺟
U+10EAx𐺠𐺡𐺢𐺣𐺤𐺥𐺦𐺧𐺨𐺩𐺫𐺬𐺭
U+10EBx𐺰𐺱
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 Yezidi block:

VersionFinal code pointsCountL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
13.0U+10E80..10EA9, 10EAB..10EAD, 10EB0..10EB147Karaca, Erdal; Pirbari, Dimitri; Rovenchak, Andrij (2018-05-25), Preliminary proposal for encoding the Yezidi script in the SMP
Anderson, Deborah; et al. (2018-07-25), "5", Recommendations to UTC # 156 July 2018 on Script Proposals
Karaca, Erdal; Pirbari, Dimitri; Rovenchak, Andrij (2018-08-20), Preliminary proposal for encoding the Yezidi script
Anderson, Deborah; et al. (2018-09-14), "5", Recommendations to UTC #157 on Script Proposals
Rovenchak, Andrij; Pirbari, Dimitri; Karaca, Erdal (2019-03-11), Proposal for encoding the Yezidi script in the SMP of the UCS
Anderson, Deborah; et al. (2019-01-13), "5", Recommendations to UTC #158 January 2019 on Script Proposals
Rovenchak, Andrij (2019-01-29), Information on Yezidi UUM and hamza
Anderson, Deborah; et al. (2019-04-29), "9", Recommendations to UTC #159 April-May 2019 on Script Proposals
Moore, Lisa (2019-05-08), "C.5", UTC #159 Minutes
"M68.03", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 68, 2019-12-31