ISO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATION ORGANISATION INTERNATIONALE DE NORMALISATION ISO/IEC JTC 1/ SC 2/ WG 2 Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character Set (U C S) ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2 N3177 Document Type: Working Group Document Title: Response to N3164, "PROPOSING TO SUPPLEMENT WITH THE SPECLAL SCRIP AND CHARACTER FOR Uyghur Orkhun to ISO/IEC 10646" Status: Individual Contribution Action: For consideration by JTC1/SC2/WG2 Date: 2006.09.24 The recent Uyghur Orkhun proposal from China, JTC1/SC2/WG2 document N3164, while providing an accurate repertoire of the script, suffers from several problems that impede addition of the script to ISO/IEC 10646. 1. The document proposes unifying 16 characters with lookalikes from the Runic block, when they should not be unified. Although the characters in question are identical, they do not derive from the same source, and more importantly, do not have the same directionality (Runic is left-to-right, while Uyghur Orkhun is, according to N3164, right-to-left). 2. The document proposes placing the characters in the Runic, Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics, and Ethiopic Extended blocks, when they should be put together in a block specifically for the script. 3. With respect to the Ethiopic Extended block mentioned in point 2, a number of new characters are proposed where characters have already been added. 4. The character names are not in a form usable in the standard; they contain illegal characters and a number of duplicate names. To fix these problems, I propose the following name and code point changes, placing the Uyghur Orkhun script in a new five-column block of the same name, from U+0800 to U+084F. N3164 This document 16C7 RUNIC LETTER IWAZ EOH 0800 UYGHUR ORKHUN LETTER A SCHWA 16F1 Uyghur Orkhun Letter A, Ə 0801 UYGHUR ORKHUN LETTER A SCHWA VARIANT FORM 16F2 Uyghur Orkhun Letter A, Ə 0802 UYGHUR ORKHUN LETTER A SCHWA VARIANT FORM TWO 16DA RUNIC LETTER LAUKAZ LAGU LOGR L 0803 UYGHUR ORKHUN LETTER E I 16BF RUNIC LETTER SHORT-TWIG-NAUD N 0804 UYGHUR ORKHUN LETTER E I VARIANT FORM 1388 Uyghur Orkhun Letter O/U 0805 UYGHUR ORKHUN LETTER O U 1389 Uyghur Orkhun Letter O/U 0806 UYGHUR ORKHUN LETTER O U VARIANT FORM 16B6 RUNIC LETTER ENG 0807 UYGHUR ORKHUN LETTER OE UE 138A Uyghur Orkhun Letter Ö/Ü 0808 UYGHUR ORKHUN LETTER OE UE VARIANT FORM 138B Uyghur Orkhun Letter Ö/Ü 0809 UYGHUR ORKHUN LETTER OE UE VARIANT FORM TWO 138C Uyghur Orkhun Letter Q 080A UYGHUR ORKHUN LETTER Q 138D Uyghur Orkhun Letter Q 080B UYGHUR ORKHUN LETTER QI 138E Uyghur Orkhun Letter Q 080C UYGHUR ORKHUN LETTER QI VARIANT FORM 16CF RUNIC LETTER TIWAZ TIR TYR T 080D UYGHUR ORKHUN LETTER QO 138F Uyghur Orkhun Letter Q 080E UYGHUR ORKHUN LETTER QO VARIANT FORM 16FE Uyghur Orkhun Letter K 080F UYGHUR ORKHUN LETTER K 16FF Uyghur Orkhun Letter K 0810 UYGHUR ORKHUN LETTER K VARIANT FORM 1677 Uyghur Orkhun Letter K 0811 UYGHUR ORKHUN LETTER KO 16D2 RUNIC LETTER BERKANAN BEORC BJARKAN B 0812 UYGHUR ORKHUN LETTER KO VARIANT FORM 16F9 Uyghur Orkhun Letter G 0813 UYGHUR ORKHUN LETTER G 16FA Uyghur Orkhun Letter G 0814 UYGHUR ORKHUN LETTER G VARIANT FORM 16FB Uyghur Orkhun Letter Gh 0815 UYGHUR ORKHUN LETTER GH 16FC Uyghur Orkhun Letter Gh 0816 UYGHUR ORKHUN LETTER GH VARIANT FORM 16FD Uyghur Orkhun Letter Gh 0817 UYGHUR ORKHUN LETTER GH VARIANT FORM TWO 1397 Uyghur Orkhun Letter T 0818 UYGHUR ORKHUN LETTER T1 1398 Uyghur Orkhun Letter T 0819 UYGHUR ORKHUN LETTER T1 VARIANT FORM 1399 Uyghur Orkhun Letter T 081A UYGHUR ORKHUN LETTER T2 16F7 Uyghur Orkhun Letter D 081B UYGHUR ORKHUN LETTER D1 16F8 Uyghur Orkhun Letter D 081C UYGHUR ORKHUN LETTER D1 VARIANT FORM 16B7 RUNIC LETTER GEBO GYFU G 081D UYGHUR ORKHUN LETTER D2 16F3 Uyghur Orkhun Letter B 081E UYGHUR ORKHUN LETTER B1 16DF RUNIC LETTER OTHALAN ETHEL O 081F UYGHUR ORKHUN LETTER B2 16F4 Uyghur Orkhun Letter B 0820 UYGHUR ORKHUN LETTER B2 VARIANT FORM 16F5 Uyghur Orkhun Letter B 0821 UYGHUR ORKHUN LETTER B2 VARIANT FORM TWO 139A Uyghur Orkhun Letter Y 0822 UYGHUR ORKHUN LETTER Y1 139B Uyghur Orkhun Letter Y 0823 UYGHUR ORKHUN LETTER Y2 167C Uyghur Orkhun Letter N 0824 UYGHUR ORKHUN LETTER N1 167D Uyghur Orkhun Letter N 0825 UYGHUR ORKHUN LETTER N2 16E2 RUNIC LETTER CWEORTH 0826 UYGHUR ORKHUN LETTER N2 VARIANT FORM 1390 Uyghur Orkhun Letter R 0827 UYGHUR ORKHUN LETTER R1 1391 Uyghur Orkhun Letter R 0828 UYGHUR ORKHUN LETTER R1 VARIANT FORM 1392 Uyghur Orkhun Letter R 0829 UYGHUR ORKHUN LETTER R2 1678 Uyghur Orkhun Letter L 082A UYGHUR ORKHUN LETTER L1 1679 Uyghur Orkhun Letter L 082B UYGHUR ORKHUN LETTER L2 1393 Uyghur Orkhun Letter S 082C UYGHUR ORKHUN LETTER S1 16C1 RUNIC LETTER ISAZ IS ISS I 082D UYGHUR ORKHUN LETTER S2 16D0 RUNIC LETTER SHORT-TWIG-TYR T 082E UYGHUR ORKHUN LETTER P 1386 Uyghur Orkhun Letter Ny 082F UYGHUR ORKHUN LETTER NY 1387 Uyghur Orkhun Letter Ny 0830 UYGHUR ORKHUN LETTER NY VARIANT FORM 167F Uyghur Orkhun Letter NG 0831 UYGHUR ORKHUN LETTER NG 1380 Uyghur Orkhun Letter NG 0832 UYGHUR ORKHUN LETTER NG VARIANT FORM 167A Uyghur Orkhun Letter M 0833 UYGHUR ORKHUN LETTER M 167B Uyghur Orkhun Letter M 0834 UYGHUR ORKHUN LETTER M VARIANT FORM 16F6 Uyghur Orkhun Letter Ch 0835 UYGHUR ORKHUN LETTER CH 16C9 RUNIC LETTER ALGIZ EOLHX 0836 UYGHUR ORKHUN LETTER CHI 1394 Uyghur Orkhun Letter Sh 0837 UYGHUR ORKHUN LETTER SH 1395 Uyghur Orkhun Letter Sh 0838 UYGHUR ORKHUN LETTER SH VARIANT FORM 1396 Uyghur Orkhun Letter Sh 0839 UYGHUR ORKHUN LETTER SH VARIANT FORM TWO 139C Uyghur Orkhun Letter Z 083A UYGHUR ORKHUN LETTER Z 139D Uyghur Orkhun Letter Z 083B UYGHUR ORKHUN LETTER Z VARIANT FORM 16D6 RUNIC LETTER EHWAZ EH E 083C UYGHUR ORKHUN LETTER LT 1381 Uyghur Orkhun Letter Nt 083D UYGHUR ORKHUN LETTER NT 1382 Uyghur Orkhun Letter Nt 083E UYGHUR ORKHUN LETTER NT VARIANT FORM 1383 Uyghur Orkhun Letter Nt 083F UYGHUR ORKHUN LETTER NT VARIANT FORM TWO 1384 Uyghur Orkhun Letter Nt 0840 UYGHUR ORKHUN LETTER NT VARIANT FORM THREE 1385 Uyghur Orkhun Letter Nt 0841 UYGHUR ORKHUN LETTER NT VARIANT FORM FOUR 167E Uyghur Orkhun Letter Nch 0842 UYGHUR ORKHUN LETTER NCH 16CA RUNIC LETTER SOWILO S 0843 UYGHUR ORKHUN LETTER NCH VARIANT FORM 16DE RUNIC LETTER DAGAZ DAEG D 0844 UYGHUR ORKHUN LETTER BASH 16EC RUNIC MULTIPLE PUNCTUATION 084F UYGHUR ORKHUN SEPARATOR Notes: 1. The revised alphabetical order is based on the table spanning pages 13-14 of N3164. 1. The distinction between -1 and -2 variants are derived from the table spanning pages 13-14 of N3164. One of the images on page 17 shows that these characters have different pronunciations (a back/front distinction), and thus are not unifiable variants. 2. The distinction between and names for Q, QI, and QO; K and KO; and CH and CHI are derived from an image on page 16 of N3164, where the pronunciations of these characters are given as q, qⁱ̈, and qᵒ; k and kᵒ; and č and čⁱ̈; respectively. 3. The proposal summary form is provided in N3164.