L2/03-225

Saurashtra Character Properties

Source: Rick McGowan on behalf of UTC
Date:July 15, 2003

This is to accompany document ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2 N2549 (L2/03-098) Proposal to encode the Saurashtra script in the UCS by Michael Everson and Jeyakumar Chinnakkonda Krishnamoorty.

The Saurashtra characters have properties similar to Devanagari and the other Indic scripts. Since Saurashtra uses no truly non-spacing marks, all of the combining classes are zero, with the exception of the virama. All of the letters are in the Letter other category, and have strong left-to-right directionality. The vowel signs all follow the consonants with which they are associated, and therefore are combining class zero as well, analogous to the Devanagari model. The virama has the same combining class (9) as other virama characters. The digits likewise are analogous to the Devanagari and other digits, with the same properties, including decimal digit values. The table below shows all of the properties defined in the UnicodeData.txt file.

CHARACTER NAMEPROPERTIES
SAURASHTRA SIGN ANUSVARAMc;0;L;;;;;N;;;;;
SAURASHTRA SIGN VISARGAMc;0;L;;;;;N;;;;;
SAURASHTRA LETTER ALo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;
SAURASHTRA LETTER AALo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;
SAURASHTRA LETTER ILo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;
SAURASHTRA LETTER IILo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;
SAURASHTRA LETTER ULo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;
SAURASHTRA LETTER UULo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;
SAURASHTRA LETTER VOCALIC RLo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;
SAURASHTRA LETTER VOCALIC RRLo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;
SAURASHTRA LETTER VOCALIC LLo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;
SAURASHTRA LETTER VOCALIC LLLo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;
SAURASHTRA LETTER ELo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;
SAURASHTRA LETTER EELo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;
SAURASHTRA LETTER AILo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;
SAURASHTRA LETTER OLo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;
SAURASHTRA LETTER OOLo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;
SAURASHTRA LETTER AULo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;
SAURASHTRA LETTER KALo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;
SAURASHTRA LETTER KHALo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;
SAURASHTRA LETTER GALo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;
SAURASHTRA LETTER GHALo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;
SAURASHTRA LETTER NGALo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;
SAURASHTRA LETTER CALo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;
SAURASHTRA LETTER CHALo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;
SAURASHTRA LETTER JALo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;
SAURASHTRA LETTER JHALo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;
SAURASHTRA LETTER NYALo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;
SAURASHTRA LETTER TTALo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;
SAURASHTRA LETTER TTHALo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;
SAURASHTRA LETTER DDALo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;
SAURASHTRA LETTER DDHALo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;
SAURASHTRA LETTER NNALo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;
SAURASHTRA LETTER TALo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;
SAURASHTRA LETTER THALo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;
SAURASHTRA LETTER DALo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;
SAURASHTRA LETTER DHALo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;
SAURASHTRA LETTER NALo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;
SAURASHTRA LETTER PALo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;
SAURASHTRA LETTER PHALo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;
SAURASHTRA LETTER BALo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;
SAURASHTRA LETTER BHALo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;
SAURASHTRA LETTER MALo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;
SAURASHTRA LETTER YALo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;
SAURASHTRA LETTER RALo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;
SAURASHTRA LETTER LALo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;
SAURASHTRA LETTER VALo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;
SAURASHTRA LETTER SHALo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;
SAURASHTRA LETTER SSALo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;
SAURASHTRA LETTER SALo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;
SAURASHTRA LETTER HALo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;
SAURASHTRA LETTER LLALo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;
SAURASHTRA VOWEL SIGN AAMc;0;L;;;;;N;;;;;
SAURASHTRA VOWEL SIGN IMc;0;L;;;;;N;;;;;
SAURASHTRA VOWEL SIGN IIMc;0;L;;;;;N;;;;;
SAURASHTRA VOWEL SIGN UMc;0;L;;;;;N;;;;;
SAURASHTRA VOWEL SIGN UUMc;0;L;;;;;N;;;;;
SAURASHTRA VOWEL SIGN VOCALIC RMc;0;L;;;;;N;;;;;
SAURASHTRA VOWEL SIGN VOCALIC RRMc;0;L;;;;;N;;;;;
SAURASHTRA VOWEL SIGN VOCALIC LMc;0;L;;;;;N;;;;;
SAURASHTRA VOWEL SIGN VOCALIC LLMc;0;L;;;;;N;;;;;
SAURASHTRA VOWEL SIGN EMc;0;L;;;;;N;;;;;
SAURASHTRA VOWEL SIGN EEMc;0;L;;;;;N;;;;;
SAURASHTRA VOWEL SIGN AIMc;0;L;;;;;N;;;;;
SAURASHTRA VOWEL SIGN OMc;0;L;;;;;N;;;;;
SAURASHTRA VOWEL SIGN OOMc;0;L;;;;;N;;;;;
SAURASHTRA VOWEL SIGN AUMc;0;L;;;;;N;;;;;
SAURASHTRA SIGN VIRAMAMn;9;NSM;;;;;N;;;;;
SAURASHTRA DIGIT ZERONd;0;L;;0;0;0;N;;;;;
SAURASHTRA DIGIT ONENd;0;L;;1;1;1;N;;;;;
SAURASHTRA DIGIT TWONd;0;L;;2;2;2;N;;;;;
SAURASHTRA DIGIT THREENd;0;L;;3;3;3;N;;;;;
SAURASHTRA DIGIT FOURNd;0;L;;4;4;4;N;;;;;
SAURASHTRA DIGIT FIVENd;0;L;;5;5;5;N;;;;;
SAURASHTRA DIGIT SIXNd;0;L;;6;6;6;N;;;;;
SAURASHTRA DIGIT SEVENNd;0;L;;7;7;7;N;;;;;
SAURASHTRA DIGIT EIGHTNd;0;L;;8;8;8;N;;;;;
SAURASHTRA DIGIT NINENd;0;L;;9;9;9;N;;;;;

If the character shown as proposed for 1x0500 in the Saurashtra proposal L2/03-098 were to be encoded, it would have properties as shown below:

SAURASHTRA LETTER ...Lo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;