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July 6, 2016

Unicode® Standard, Version 9.0

Filed under: Unicode — Patrick Durusau @ 3:40 pm

Unicode® Standard, Version 9.0

From the webpage:

Version 9.0 of the Unicode Standard is now available. Version 9.0 adds exactly 7,500 characters, for a total of 128,172 characters. These additions include six new scripts and 72 new emoji characters.

The new scripts and characters in Version 9.0 add support for lesser-used languages worldwide, including:

  • Osage, a Native American language
  • Nepal Bhasa, a language of Nepal
  • Fulani and other African languages
  • The Bravanese dialect of Swahili, used in Somalia
  • The Warsh orthography for Arabic, used in North and West Africa
  • Tangut, a major historic script of China

Important symbol additions include:

  • 19 symbols for the new 4K TV standard
  • 72 emoji characters such as the following

Why they choose to omit the bacon emoji from the short list is a mystery to me:

bacon-emoji-460

Get your baking books out! I see missing bread emojis. 😉

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