Balinese (Unicode block)

Unicode character block

Balinese

Range| U+1B00..U+1B7F
(128 code points)
Plane| BMP
Scripts| Balinese
Major alphabets| aksara Bali
Assigned| 127 code points
Unused| 1 reserved code points
Unicode version history
5.0 (2006)| 121 (+121)
14.0 (2021)| 124 (+3)
16.0 (2024)| 127 (+3)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: [1][2]

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Balinese is a Unicode block containing characters of Balinese script for the Balinese language. Balinese language is mainly spoken on the island of Bali, Indonesia.

## Block

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Balinese[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+1B0x  | ᬀ  | ᬁ  | ᬂ  | ᬃ  | ᬄ  | ᬅ  | ᬆ  | ᬇ  | ᬈ  | ᬉ  | ᬊ  | ᬋ  | ᬌ  | ᬍ  | ᬎ  | ᬏ
U+1B1x  | ᬐ  | ᬑ  | ᬒ  | ᬓ  | ᬔ  | ᬕ  | ᬖ  | ᬗ  | ᬘ  | ᬙ  | ᬚ  | ᬛ  | ᬜ  | ᬝ  | ᬞ  | ᬟ
U+1B2x  | ᬠ  | ᬡ  | ᬢ  | ᬣ  | ᬤ  | ᬥ  | ᬦ  | ᬧ  | ᬨ  | ᬩ  | ᬪ  | ᬫ  | ᬬ  | ᬭ  | ᬮ  | ᬯ
U+1B3x  | ᬰ  | ᬱ  | ᬲ  | ᬳ  | ᬴  | ᬵ  | ᬶ  | ᬷ  | ᬸ  | ᬹ  | ᬺ  | ᬻ  | ᬼ  | ᬽ  | ᬾ  | ᬿ
U+1B4x  | ᭀ  | ᭁ  | ᭂ  | ᭃ  | ᭄  | ᭅ  | ᭆ  | ᭇ  | ᭈ  | ᭉ  | ᭊ  | ᭋ  | ᭌ  |  | ᭎  | ᭏
U+1B5x  | ᭐  | ᭑  | ᭒  | ᭓  | ᭔  | ᭕  | ᭖  | ᭗  | ᭘  | ᭙  | ᭚  | ᭛  | ᭜  | ᭝  | ᭞  | ᭟
U+1B6x  | ᭠  | ᭡  | ᭢  | ᭣  | ᭤  | ᭥  | ᭦  | ᭧  | ᭨  | ᭩  | ᭪  | ᭫  | ᭬  | ᭭  | ᭮  | ᭯
U+1B7x  | ᭰  | ᭱  | ᭲  | ᭳  | ᭴  | ᭵  | ᭶  | ᭷  | ᭸  | ᭹  | ᭺  | ᭻  | ᭼  | ᭽  | ᭾  | ᭿
Notes

1.^ As of Unicode version 16.0
2.^ Grey area indicates non-assigned code point

## History

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The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Balinese block:

Version | Final code points[a] | Count | L2 ID | WG2 ID | Document

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5.0 | U+1B00..1B4B, 1B50..1B7C | 121 | L2/03-118 |  | Sudewa, Ida Bagus Adi (2003-03-12), Contemporary Use of The Balinese Script
L2/03-153 |  | Four letters in support of Balinese encoding, 2003-05-13
L2/03-156 |  | Darmasuta, Ida Bagus (2003-05-13), Letter in support of Balinese encoding from Dept of National Education, Language Center, Denapasar Language Council
L2/03-152 |  | Two letters in support of Balinese encoding, 2003-05-14
L2/04-357 | N2856 | Everson, Michael (2004-10-04), Preliminary proposal for encoding the Balinese script in the UCS
L2/05-021R | N2916 | Everson, Michael (2005-01-19), Letter of support from Balinese Government
L2/05-008 | N2908 | Everson, Michael; Suatjana, I. Made (2005-01-23), Proposal for encoding the Balinese script in the UCS
L2/05-056 |  | Constable, Peter (2005-02-01), Comments on Balinese Proposal, L2/05-008
L2/05-059 |  | Whistler, Ken (2005-02-03), "3. Balinese", WG2 Consent Docket, Part 2: Unicode 5.0 Issues
L2/05-090 |  | McGowan, Rick (2005-04-14), Proposed Balinese Character Properties
L2/05-091 |  | McGowan, Rick (2005-04-14), Proposed Balinese Line-Breaking Classes
L2/05-026 |  | Moore, Lisa (2005-05-16), "Balinese (C.1), WG2 - Unicode 5.0 Consent Docket (B.1.16)", UTC #102 Minutes
L2/05-234 | N2974 | Hanafiah, T. A. R. (2005-08-16), Letter from Badan Standardisasi Nasional (BSN Indonesia) re Balinese
L2/05-108R |  | Moore, Lisa (2005-08-26), "Balinese (C.1)", UTC #103 Minutes
L2/06-108 |  | Moore, Lisa (2006-05-25), "Balinese Decompositions (B.14.1)", UTC #107 Minutes
L2/18-274 |  | McGowan, Rick (2018-09-14), "Grapheme_Cluster_Break of U+1B35 BALINESE VOWEL SIGN TEDUNG", Comments on Public Review Issues (July 24 - Sept 14, 2018)
L2/18-272 |  | Moore, Lisa (2018-10-29), "Consensus 157-C14", UTC #157 Minutes, "Change the Grapheme_Cluster_Break property of U+1B35 BALINESE VOWEL SIGN TEDUNG from Spacing_Mark to Extend, for Unicode 12.0."
14.0 | U+1B4C | 1 | L2/19-259 |  | Yang, Ben; Perdana, Aditya Bayu (2019-07-10), Proposal to encode Balinese Archaic Jnya
L2/19-286 |  | Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Moore, Lisa; Liang, Hai (2019-07-22), "11. Balinese", Recommendations to UTC #160 July 2019 on Script Proposals
L2/19-270 |  | Moore, Lisa (2019-10-07), "C.13 Proposal to encode Balinese archaic jnya", UTC #160 Minutes
U+1B7D..1B7E | 2 | L2/19-318 |  | Yang, Ben; Perdana, Aditya Bayu (2019-09-27), Proposal to encode two Balinese punctuation marks
L2/19-343 |  | Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Moore, Lisa; Liang, Hai (2019-10-06), "15. Balinese", Recommendations to UTC #161 October 2019 on Script Proposals
L2/19-323 |  | Moore, Lisa (2019-10-01), "D.2 Proposal to encode two Balinese punctuation marks", UTC #161 Minutes
16.0 | U+1B4E..1B4F, 1B7F | 3 | L2/22-059 |  | Sh., Rikza F.; Perdana, Aditya Bayu (January 2022), Proposal to Encode Three Balinese Punctuation Marks
L2/22-068 |  | Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Constable, Peter (2022-04-15), "8 Balinese", Recommendations to UTC #171 April 2022 on Script Proposals
L2/22-061 |  | Constable, Peter (2022-07-27), "D.1 Section 8", Approved Minutes of UTC Meeting 171

1. ^ Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

## See also

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* Javanese (Unicode block)
* Sundanese (Unicode block)

## References

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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.