Bamum Supplement

See also: Bamum (Unicode block)

Bamum Supplement is a Unicode block containing the characters of the historic stage A-F of the Bamum script, used for writing the Bamum language of western Cameroon. The modern stage G characters, which include many characters used for stage A-F orthographies, are included in the Bamum block.

Bamum Supplement
Range	U+16800..U+16A3F (576 code points)
Plane	SMP
Scripts	Bamum
Assigned	569 code points
Unused	7 reserved code points
Unicode version history
6.0 (2010)	569 (+569)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: [1][2]

Block

Bamum Supplement[1][2] Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)

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A

B

C

D

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F

U+1680x

𖠀

𖠁

𖠂

𖠃

𖠄

𖠅

𖠆

𖠇

𖠈

𖠉

𖠊

𖠋

𖠌

𖠍

𖠎

𖠏

U+1681x

𖠐

𖠑

𖠒

𖠓

𖠔

𖠕

𖠖

𖠗

𖠘

𖠙

𖠚

𖠛

𖠜

𖠝

𖠞

𖠟

U+1682x

𖠠

𖠡

𖠢

𖠣

𖠤

𖠥

𖠦

𖠧

𖠨

𖠩

𖠪

𖠫

𖠬

𖠭

𖠮

𖠯

U+1683x

𖠰

𖠱

𖠲

𖠳

𖠴

𖠵

𖠶

𖠷

𖠸

𖠹

𖠺

𖠻

𖠼

𖠽

𖠾

𖠿

U+1684x

𖡀

𖡁

𖡂

𖡃

𖡄

𖡅

𖡆

𖡇

𖡈

𖡉

𖡊

𖡋

𖡌

𖡍

𖡎

𖡏

U+1685x

𖡐

𖡑

𖡒

𖡓

𖡔

𖡕

𖡖

𖡗

𖡘

𖡙

𖡚

𖡛

𖡜

𖡝

𖡞

𖡟

U+1686x

𖡠

𖡡

𖡢

𖡣

𖡤

𖡥

𖡦

𖡧

𖡨

𖡩

𖡪

𖡫

𖡬

𖡭

𖡮

𖡯

U+1687x

𖡰

𖡱

𖡲

𖡳

𖡴

𖡵

𖡶

𖡷

𖡸

𖡹

𖡺

𖡻

𖡼

𖡽

𖡾

𖡿

U+1688x

𖢀

𖢁

𖢂

𖢃

𖢄

𖢅

𖢆

𖢇

𖢈

𖢉

𖢊

𖢋

𖢌

𖢍

𖢎

𖢏

U+1689x

𖢐

𖢑

𖢒

𖢓

𖢔

𖢕

𖢖

𖢗

𖢘

𖢙

𖢚

𖢛

𖢜

𖢝

𖢞

𖢟

U+168Ax

𖢠

𖢡

𖢢

𖢣

𖢤

𖢥

𖢦

𖢧

𖢨

𖢩

𖢪

𖢫

𖢬

𖢭

𖢮

𖢯

U+168Bx

𖢰

𖢱

𖢲

𖢳

𖢴

𖢵

𖢶

𖢷

𖢸

𖢹

𖢺

𖢻

𖢼

𖢽

𖢾

𖢿

U+168Cx

𖣀

𖣁

𖣂

𖣃

𖣄

𖣅

𖣆

𖣇

𖣈

𖣉

𖣊

𖣋

𖣌

𖣍

𖣎

𖣏

U+168Dx

𖣐

𖣑

𖣒

𖣓

𖣔

𖣕

𖣖

𖣗

𖣘

𖣙

𖣚

𖣛

𖣜

𖣝

𖣞

𖣟

U+168Ex

𖣠

𖣡

𖣢

𖣣

𖣤

𖣥

𖣦

𖣧

𖣨

𖣩

𖣪

𖣫

𖣬

𖣭

𖣮

𖣯

U+168Fx

𖣰

𖣱

𖣲

𖣳

𖣴

𖣵

𖣶

𖣷

𖣸

𖣹

𖣺

𖣻

𖣼

𖣽

𖣾

𖣿

U+1690x

𖤀

𖤁

𖤂

𖤃

𖤄

𖤅

𖤆

𖤇

𖤈

𖤉

𖤊

𖤋

𖤌

𖤍

𖤎

𖤏

U+1691x

𖤐

𖤑

𖤒

𖤓

𖤔

𖤕

𖤖

𖤗

𖤘

𖤙

𖤚

𖤛

𖤜

𖤝

𖤞

𖤟

U+1692x

𖤠

𖤡

𖤢

𖤣

𖤤

𖤥

𖤦

𖤧

𖤨

𖤩

𖤪

𖤫

𖤬

𖤭

𖤮

𖤯

U+1693x

𖤰

𖤱

𖤲

𖤳

𖤴

𖤵

𖤶

𖤷

𖤸

𖤹

𖤺

𖤻

𖤼

𖤽

𖤾

𖤿

U+1694x

𖥀

𖥁

𖥂

𖥃

𖥄

𖥅

𖥆

𖥇

𖥈

𖥉

𖥊

𖥋

𖥌

𖥍

𖥎

𖥏

U+1695x

𖥐

𖥑

𖥒

𖥓

𖥔

𖥕

𖥖

𖥗

𖥘

𖥙

𖥚

𖥛

𖥜

𖥝

𖥞

𖥟

U+1696x

𖥠

𖥡

𖥢

𖥣

𖥤

𖥥

𖥦

𖥧

𖥨

𖥩

𖥪

𖥫

𖥬

𖥭

𖥮

𖥯

U+1697x

𖥰

𖥱

𖥲

𖥳

𖥴

𖥵

𖥶

𖥷

𖥸

𖥹

𖥺

𖥻

𖥼

𖥽

𖥾

𖥿

U+1698x

𖦀

𖦁

𖦂

𖦃

𖦄

𖦅

𖦆

𖦇

𖦈

𖦉

𖦊

𖦋

𖦌

𖦍

𖦎

𖦏

U+1699x

𖦐

𖦑

𖦒

𖦓

𖦔

𖦕

𖦖

𖦗

𖦘

𖦙

𖦚

𖦛

𖦜

𖦝

𖦞

𖦟

U+169Ax

𖦠

𖦡

𖦢

𖦣

𖦤

𖦥

𖦦

𖦧

𖦨

𖦩

𖦪

𖦫

𖦬

𖦭

𖦮

𖦯

U+169Bx

𖦰

𖦱

𖦲

𖦳

𖦴

𖦵

𖦶

𖦷

𖦸

𖦹

𖦺

𖦻

𖦼

𖦽

𖦾

𖦿

U+169Cx

𖧀

𖧁

𖧂

𖧃

𖧄

𖧅

𖧆

𖧇

𖧈

𖧉

𖧊

𖧋

𖧌

𖧍

𖧎

𖧏

U+169Dx

𖧐

𖧑

𖧒

𖧓

𖧔

𖧕

𖧖

𖧗

𖧘

𖧙

𖧚

𖧛

𖧜

𖧝

𖧞

𖧟

U+169Ex

𖧠

𖧡

𖧢

𖧣

𖧤

𖧥

𖧦

𖧧

𖧨

𖧩

𖧪

𖧫

𖧬

𖧭

𖧮

𖧯

U+169Fx

𖧰

𖧱

𖧲

𖧳

𖧴

𖧵

𖧶

𖧷

𖧸

𖧹

𖧺

𖧻

𖧼

𖧽

𖧾

𖧿

U+16A0x

𖨀

𖨁

𖨂

𖨃

𖨄

𖨅

𖨆

𖨇

𖨈

𖨉

𖨊

𖨋

𖨌

𖨍

𖨎

𖨏

U+16A1x

𖨐

𖨑

𖨒

𖨓

𖨔

𖨕

𖨖

𖨗

𖨘

𖨙

𖨚

𖨛

𖨜

𖨝

𖨞

𖨟

U+16A2x

𖨠

𖨡

𖨢

𖨣

𖨤

𖨥

𖨦

𖨧

𖨨

𖨩

𖨪

𖨫

𖨬

𖨭

𖨮

𖨯

U+16A3x

𖨰

𖨱

𖨲

𖨳

𖨴

𖨵

𖨶

𖨷

𖨸

Notes 1.^ As of Unicode version 16.0 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 Supplement block:

Version	Final code points[lower-alpha 1]	Count	L2 ID	WG2 ID	Document
6.0	U+16800..16A38	569	L2/06-313		Riley, Charles (2006-09-21), Report on work with the Bamum script in Cameroon
			L2/07-023		Riley, Charles (2007-01-19), Towards the Encoding of the Bamum Script in the UCS
			L2/08-231	N3472	Everson, Michael; Riley, Chuck; Tuchscherer, Konrad (2008-06-01), Preliminary Proposal to encode the Old Bamum script in the SMP of the UCS
			L2/09-019	N3564	Everson, Michael; Riley, Charles; Tuchscherer, Konrad (2009-01-27), Proposal for encoding the Old Bamum script in the SMP of the UCS
			L2/09-102	N3597	Everson, Michael; Riley, Charles; Tuchscherer, Konrad (2009-03-28), Proposal for encoding additional Bamum characters
			L2/09-106	N3523	Everson, Michael (2009-03-28), Sources for the encoding of historical Bamum characters
			L2/09-234	N3603 (pdf, doc)	Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2009-07-08), "M54.09", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 54
			L2/09-104		Moore, Lisa (2009-05-20), "Consensus 119-C26", UTC #119 / L2 #216 Minutes
			L2/24-009R		Scherer, Markus; et al. (2024-01-19), "2.5 misspelled name of U+1680B: BAMUM LETTER PHASE-A MAEMBGBIEE", UTC #178 properties feedback & recommendations
			L2/24-006		Constable, Peter (2024-01-31), "Consensus 178-C7", UTC #178 Minutes, Create a formal alias BAMUM LETTER PHASE-A MAEMGBIEE of type "correction" for U+1680B BAMUM LETTER PHASE-A MAEMBGBIEE
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.