TheElymaic Alpha betis a right-to-left, non-joiningabjad.[1] It is derived from theAramaic Alpha bet.[2] Elymaic was used in the ancient state ofElymais,[1]which was asemi-independent stateof the 2nd century BCE to the early 3rd century CE, frequently a vassal underParthiancontrol, in the present-day region ofKhuzestan,Iran(Susiana).[3]

Elymaic Alpha bet
Script type
Time period
2nd century BCE — early 3rd century CE
DirectionRight-to-left scriptEdit this on Wikidata
LanguagesAchaemenidAramaic[1]
Related scripts
Parent systems
ISO 15924
ISO 15924Elym(128),​Elymaic
Unicode
Unicode alias
Elymaic
U+10FE0–U+10FFF

Unicode

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The Elymaic Alpha bet was added to theUnicodeStandard in March, 2019 with the release of version 12.0.

The Unicode block for Elymaic is U+10FE0–U+10FFF:

Elymaic[1][2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart(PDF)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
U+10FEx 𐿠 𐿡 𐿢 𐿣 𐿤 𐿥 𐿦 𐿧 𐿨 𐿩 𐿪 𐿫 𐿬 𐿭 𐿮 𐿯
U+10FFx 𐿰 𐿱 𐿲 𐿳 𐿴 𐿵 𐿶
Notes
1.^As of Unicode version 16.0
2.^Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

References

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  1. ^abcPandey, Anshuman (2017-10-23)."L2/17226R2: Proposal to encode the Elymaic script in Unicode"(PDF).Working Group Document, ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2 and UTC.Retrieved2018-09-15.
  2. ^Daniels, Peter T.;Bright, William,eds. (1996).The World's Writing Systems.Oxford University Press, Inc. pp.89.ISBN978-0195079937.
  3. ^Hansman, John F."ELYMAIS".Encyclopædia Iranica.Retrieved2012-12-24.