Bamum
RangeU+A6A0..U+A6FF
(96 code points)
PlaneBMP
ScriptsBamum
Major alphabetsBamum
Assigned88 code points
Unused8 reserved code points
Unicode version history
5.2 (2009)88 (+88)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: [1][2]

Bamum is a Unicode block containing the characters of stage-G Bamum script, used for modern writing of the Bamum language of western Cameroon. Characters for writing earlier orthographies (stages A–F) are contained in a Bamum Supplement block.

Bamum[1][2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
 0123456789ABCDEF
U+A6Ax
U+A6Bx
U+A6Cx
U+A6Dx
U+A6Ex
U+A6Fx
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 15.1
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 Bamum block:

VersionFinal code points[lower-alpha 1]CountL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
5.2U+A6A0..A6F788L2/06-313Riley, Charles (2006-09-21), Report on work with the Bamum script in Cameroon
L2/07-023Riley, Charles (2007-01-19), Towards the Encoding of the Bamum Script in the UCS
L2/07-015Moore, Lisa (2007-02-08), "Bamum (C.8)", UTC #110 Minutes
L2/07-105N3213Freytag, Asmus (2007-02-23), Proposed block allocation Cyrillic / Bamum
L2/07-024RN3209REverson, Michael; Riley, Charles (2007-03-21), Preliminary proposal for encoding the Bamum script in the BMP
N3353 (pdf, doc)Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2007-10-10), "M51.5", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 51 Hanzhou, China; 2007-04-24/27
L2/07-118R2Moore, Lisa (2007-05-23), "111-C17", UTC #111 Minutes
L2/07-268N3253 (pdf, doc)Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2007-07-26), "M50.32", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 50, Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany; 2007-04-24/27
L2/07-239N3298Anderson, Deborah (2007-07-30), Request to Remove Bamum from Amendment 5
L2/07-225Moore, Lisa (2007-08-21), "C.18", UTC #112 Minutes
L2/08-350N3522Everson, Michael; Riley, Charles; Tuchscherer, Konrad (2008-10-14), Proposal to encode modern Bamum in the BMP
L2/08-412N3553 (pdf, doc)Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2008-11-05), "M53.15", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 53
  1. Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

References

  1. "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  2. "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
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