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Cherokee (Unicode block)

Field	Value
blockname	Cherokee
rangestart	13A0
rangeend	13FF
script1	Cherokee
alphabets	Cherokee
3_0	85
8_0	7
note

Cherokee is a Unicode block containing the syllabic characters for writing the Cherokee language. When Cherokee was first added to Unicode in version 3.0 it was treated as a unicameral alphabet, but in version 8.0 it was redefined as a bicameral script. The Cherokee block (U+13A0 to U+13FF) contains all the uppercase letters plus six lowercase letters. The Cherokee Supplement block (U+AB70 to U+ABBF), added in version 8.0, contains the rest of the lowercase letters. For backwards compatibility, the Unicode case folding algorithm—which usually converts a string to lowercase characters—maps Cherokee characters to uppercase.

History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Cherokee block:

Version	Count	UTC ID	Document
3.0	U+13A0..13F4	85
		[N1172](https://www.evertype.com/standards/jl/jalagi.html)
		N1362
		N1356
		[N1353](https://web.archive.org/web/20200215052615/http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n1353.doc)
		[N1453](https://web.archive.org/web/20200215052615/http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n1453.pdf)
		N1476
		N1596
		[N1603](https://web.archive.org/web/20200215052615/http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n1603.doc)
8.0	U+13F5, 13F8..13FD	7	[N4487](https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4487.pdf)
		[N4537R](https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4537.pdf)
		[doc](https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4553..doc))

References

"Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard.
"Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard.
"The Unicode Standard Version 13.0 – Core Specification". The Unicode Consortium.
Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

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