Vai (Unicode block)

Vai is a Unicode block containing characters of the Vai syllabary used for writing the Vai language of Sierra Leone and Liberia.

Vai
Range	U+A500..U+A63F (320 code points)
Plane	BMP
Scripts	Vai
Major alphabets	Vai
Assigned	300 code points
Unused	20 reserved code points
Unicode version history
5.1 (2008)	300 (+300)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note:

Block

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

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U+A50x

ꔀ

ꔁ

ꔂ

ꔃ

ꔄ

ꔅ

ꔆ

ꔇ

ꔈ

ꔉ

ꔊ

ꔋ

ꔌ

ꔍ

ꔎ

ꔏ

U+A51x

ꔐ

ꔑ

ꔒ

ꔓ

ꔔ

ꔕ

ꔖ

ꔗ

ꔘ

ꔙ

ꔚ

ꔛ

ꔜ

ꔝ

ꔞ

ꔟ

U+A52x

ꔠ

ꔡ

ꔢ

ꔣ

ꔤ

ꔥ

ꔦ

ꔧ

ꔨ

ꔩ

ꔪ

ꔫ

ꔬ

ꔭ

ꔮ

ꔯ

U+A53x

ꔰ

ꔱ

ꔲ

ꔳ

ꔴ

ꔵ

ꔶ

ꔷ

ꔸ

ꔹ

ꔺ

ꔻ

ꔼ

ꔽ

ꔾ

ꔿ

U+A54x

ꕀ

ꕁ

ꕂ

ꕃ

ꕄ

ꕅ

ꕆ

ꕇ

ꕈ

ꕉ

ꕊ

ꕋ

ꕌ

ꕍ

ꕎ

ꕏ

U+A55x

ꕐ

ꕑ

ꕒ

ꕓ

ꕔ

ꕕ

ꕖ

ꕗ

ꕘ

ꕙ

ꕚ

ꕛ

ꕜ

ꕝ

ꕞ

ꕟ

U+A56x

ꕠ

ꕡ

ꕢ

ꕣ

ꕤ

ꕥ

ꕦ

ꕧ

ꕨ

ꕩ

ꕪ

ꕫ

ꕬ

ꕭ

ꕮ

ꕯ

U+A57x

ꕰ

ꕱ

ꕲ

ꕳ

ꕴ

ꕵ

ꕶ

ꕷ

ꕸ

ꕹ

ꕺ

ꕻ

ꕼ

ꕽ

ꕾ

ꕿ

U+A58x

ꖀ

ꖁ

ꖂ

ꖃ

ꖄ

ꖅ

ꖆ

ꖇ

ꖈ

ꖉ

ꖊ

ꖋ

ꖌ

ꖍ

ꖎ

ꖏ

U+A59x

ꖐ

ꖑ

ꖒ

ꖓ

ꖔ

ꖕ

ꖖ

ꖗ

ꖘ

ꖙ

ꖚ

ꖛ

ꖜ

ꖝ

ꖞ

ꖟ

U+A5Ax

ꖠ

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ꖢ

ꖣ

ꖤ

ꖥ

ꖦ

ꖧ

ꖨ

ꖩ

ꖪ

ꖫ

ꖬ

ꖭ

ꖮ

ꖯ

U+A5Bx

ꖰ

ꖱ

ꖲ

ꖳ

ꖴ

ꖵ

ꖶ

ꖷ

ꖸ

ꖹ

ꖺ

ꖻ

ꖼ

ꖽ

ꖾ

ꖿ

U+A5Cx

ꗀ

ꗁ

ꗂ

ꗃ

ꗄ

ꗅ

ꗆ

ꗇ

ꗈ

ꗉ

ꗊ

ꗋ

ꗌ

ꗍ

ꗎ

ꗏ

U+A5Dx

ꗐ

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ꗒ

ꗓ

ꗔ

ꗕ

ꗖ

ꗗ

ꗘ

ꗙ

ꗚ

ꗛ

ꗜ

ꗝ

ꗞ

ꗟ

U+A5Ex

ꗠ

ꗡ

ꗢ

ꗣ

ꗤ

ꗥ

ꗦ

ꗧ

ꗨ

ꗩ

ꗪ

ꗫ

ꗬ

ꗭ

ꗮ

ꗯ

U+A5Fx

ꗰ

ꗱ

ꗲ

ꗳ

ꗴ

ꗵ

ꗶ

ꗷ

ꗸ

ꗹ

ꗺ

ꗻ

ꗼ

ꗽ

ꗾ

ꗿ

U+A60x

ꘀ

ꘁ

ꘂ

ꘃ

ꘄ

ꘅ

ꘆ

ꘇ

ꘈ

ꘉ

ꘊ

ꘋ

ꘌ

꘍

꘎

꘏

U+A61x

ꘐ

ꘑ

ꘒ

ꘓ

ꘔ

ꘕ

ꘖ

ꘗ

ꘘ

ꘙ

ꘚ

ꘛ

ꘜ

ꘝ

ꘞ

ꘟ

U+A62x

꘠

꘡

꘢

꘣

꘤

꘥

꘦

꘧

꘨

꘩

ꘪ

ꘫ

U+A63x

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 Vai block:

Version	Final code points	Count	L2 ID	WG2 ID	Document
5.1	U+A500..A62B	300	L2/04-374		Riley, Charles (2004-11-06), Status report on Vai encoding
			L2/05-053		Riley, Charles L.; Rivera, José R.; Sherman, Tombekai V.; Glavy, Jason (2005-01-31), Preliminary codechart for encoding Vai into the SMP of the UCS
			L2/05-159RR	N2948R	Everson, Michael; Riley, Charles; Rivera, José (2005-08-01), Proposal to add the Vai script to the BMP of the UCS
			L2/05-180		Moore, Lisa (2005-08-17), "Vai (C.2)", UTC #104 Minutes
				N2953 (pdf, doc)	Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2006-02-16), "7.4.5", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 47, Sophia Antipolis, France; 2005-09-12/15
			L2/06-136		McGowan, Rick (2006-04-18), Regarding WG2 N3081, proposal for additions to Vai
			L2/06-120R	N3081R	Everson, Michael (2006-04-23), Proposal for addition of Vai characters to the UCS
			L2/06-108		Moore, Lisa (2006-05-25), "C.12", UTC #107 Minutes
				N3103 (pdf, doc)	Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2006-08-25), "M48.3, M48.5c [U+A555]", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 48, Mountain View, CA, USA; 2006-04-24/27
			L2/07-104	N3243R	Everson, Michael (2007-04-18), Proposal to add additional historic syllables for Vai
			L2/07-118R2		Moore, Lisa (2007-05-23), "111-C17", UTC #111 Minutes
			L2/07-268	N3253 (pdf, doc)	Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2007-07-26), "M50.2", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 50, Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany; 2007-04-24/27
			L2/05-171		Riley, Charles (2008-07-21), List of Contributors and Participants in the Vai Proposal for Unicode