DRAFT ISCII-ENCODED TIBETAN CHARACTER SET

Michael Everson EVERSON at IRLEARN.UCD.IE
Wed Sep 22 16:13:32 UTC 1993


 
TIBETAN DRAFT CHARACTER NAMES
 
@       Syllable marker
1000    TIBETAN TSEG
@       Vowel modifiers
1001    TIBETAN CANDRABINDU
        = klad-kor
        = lekhor
1002    TIBETAN SIGN ANUSVARA
        = nga-ro
1003    TIBETAN SIGN VISARGA
        = rnam-bcad     [sic]
        = namchey
1004
@       Independent vowels
1005    TIBETAN LETTER A
1006    TIBETAN LETTER AA
        precomposed glyph for Sanskrit compatibility
1007    TIBETAN LETTER I
        precomposed glyph for Sanskrit compatibility
1008    TIBETAN LETTER II
        precomposed glyph for Sanskrit compatibility
1009    TIBETAN LETTER U
        precomposed glyph for Sanskrit compatibility
100A    TIBETAN LETTER UU
        precomposed glyph for Sanskrit compatibility
100B    TIBETAN LETTER VOCALIC R
        precomposed glyph for Sanskrit compatibility
100C    TIBETAN LETTER VOCALIC L
        precomposed glyph for Sanskrit compatibility
100D
100E
100F    TIBETAN LETTER E
        precomposed glyph for Sanskrit compatibility
1010    TIBETAN LETTER AI
        precomposed glyph for Sanskrit compatibility
1011
1012
1013    TIBETAN LETTER O
        precomposed glyph for Sanskrit compatibility
1014    TIBETAN LETTER AU
        precomposed glyph for Sanskrit compatibility
@       Consonants
1015    TIBETAN LETTER KA
1016    TIBETAN LETTER KHA
1017    TIBETAN LETTER GA
1018    TIBETAN LETTER GHA
        precomposed glyph for Sanskrit compatibility
1019    TIBETAN LETTER NGA
101A    TIBETAN LETTER CA
101B    TIBETAN LETTER CHA
101C    TIBETAN LETTER JA
101D    TIBETAN LETTER JHA
        precomposed glyph for Sanskrit compatibility
101E    TIBETAN LETTER NYA
101F    TIBETAN LETTER TTA
1020    TIBETAN LETTER TTHA
1021    TIBETAN LETTER DDA
1022    TIBETAN LETTER DDHA
        precomposed glyph for Sanskrit compatibility
1023    TIBETAN LETTER NNA
1024    TIBETAN LETTER TA
1025    TIBETAN LETTER THA
1026    TIBETAN LETTER DA
1027    TIBETAN LETTER DHA
        precomposed glyph for Sanskrit compatibility
1028    TIBETAN LETTER NA
1029
102A    TIBETAN LETTER PA
102B    TIBETAN LETTER PHA
102C    TIBETAN LETTER BA
102D    TIBETAN LETTER BHA
        precomposed glyph for Sanskrit compatibility
102E    TIBETAN LETTER MA
102F    TIBETAN LETTER YA
1030    TIBETAN LETTER RA
1031
1032    TIBETAN LETTER LA
1033
1034    TIBETAN LETTER WA
1035    TIBETAN LETTER SHA
1036    TIBETAN LETTER SSA
1037    TIBETAN LETTER SA
1038    TIBETAN LETTER HA
1039
103A
103B
103C    TIBETAN UNDER RING
103D
@       Vowel signs
103E    TIBETAN VOWEL SIGN AA
        = aa-chung     [sic]
103F    TIBETAN VOWEL SIGN I
1040    TIBETAN VOWEL SIGN II
1041    TIBETAN VOWEL SIGN U
1042    TIBETAN VOWEL SIGN UU
1043    TIBETAN VOWEL SIGN VOCALIC R
1044    TIBETAN VOWEL SIGN VOCALIC RR
1045
1046
1047    TIBETAN VOWEL SIGN E
1048    TIBETAN VOWEL SIGN AI
1049
104A
104B    TIBETAN VOWEL SIGN O
104C    TIBETAN VOWEL SIGN AU
@       Virama
104D    TIBETAN SIGN VIRAMA
        = srog-med
104E
104F
1050
1051    TIBETAN CANDRABINDU WITH ORNAMENT
        =
        = datsekthikley
1052    TIBETAN HONORIFIC UNDER RING
1053    TIBETAN LANGCHEN NYOBUM
1054    TIBETAN JNIM ONE
1055    TIBETAN JNIM TWO
1056    TIBETAN HONORIFIC PREFIX
1057    TIBETAN CHUCHENYIGE
1058
1059
105A
105B
105C
105D
105E    TIBETAN LETTER FA
105F    TIBETAN LETTER VA
1060    TIBETAN LETTER VOCALIC RR
        precomposed glyph for Sanskrit compatibility
1061    TIBETAN LETTER VOCALIC LL
        precomposed glyph for Sanskrit compatibility
1062    TIBETAN VOWEL SIGN VOCALIC L
        precomposed glyph for Sanskrit compatibility
1063    TIBETAN VOWEL SIGN VOCALIC LL
        precomposed glyph for Sanskrit compatibility
@       Punctuation
1064    TIBETAN SHAD
        = rkyang-shad
        x Devanagari danda --> 0964
1065    TIBETAN DOUBLE SHAD
        = nyis-shad
        x Devanagari double danda --> 0965
@       Numerals
1066    TIBETAN DIGIT ZERO
1067    TIBETAN DIGIT ONE
1068    TIBETAN DIGIT TWO
1069    TIBETAN DIGIT THREE
106A    TIBETAN DIGIT FOUR
106B    TIBETAN DIGIT FIVE
106C    TIBETAN DIGIT SIX
106D    TIBETAN DIGIT SEVEN
106E    TIBETAN DIGIT EIGHT
106F    TIBETAN DIGIT NINE
@       Punctuation
1070    TIBETAN RIGHT BRACE
1071    TIBETAN LEFT BRACE
1072    TIBETAN DITTO
        = duyik
1073    TIBETAN COMMA
        = tertsek
        glyph also used as a Tibetan visarga
1074    TIBETAN RIN-CHEN-PHUNG-SHAD
        = rinchen pung shey
1075    TIBETAN RGYAN-SHAD
        = druishey
1076    TIBETAN QUADRUPLE SHAD
        = bzhi-shad
1077    TIBETAN SINGLE ORNAMENT
        = nyi-zla
        = goyik
        honorific, marks the beginning of texts
1078
1079
@       Additional consonants
107A    TIBETAN LETTER TSA
107B    TIBETAN LETTER TSHA
107C    TIBETAN LETTER DZA
107D    TIBETAN LETTER ZHA
107E    TIBETAN LETTER ZA
107F    TIBETAN LETTER AA
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Note on punctuation: Das 1902 gives the following:
 
RKYANG-SHAD or TSEG-SHAD: single perpendicular stroke (U+1064 here)
NYIS-SHAD: double perpendicular stroke (U+1065 here)
BZHI-SHAD: quadruple perpendicular stroke (U+1076 here)
TSEG: dot separating syllables (U+1000 here)
 
Das also appears to unify U+1074 and U+1075 here. Correct nomenclature
should be ascertained.
 
Hannah 1912 agrees, giving:
 
RKYANG-SHAD or TSEG-SHAD: single perpendicular stroke (U+1064 here)
[apparently the reason it is called TSEG-SHAD by Das is that if it is
final there is no written TSEG before it, except in the case of NGA,
which always retains a TSEG.] Equivalent to comma.
NYIS-SHAD: double perpendicular stroke (U+1065 here) Equivalent to full
stop.
BZHI-SHAD: quadruple perpendicular stroke (U+1076 here) Equivalent to
paragraph or section marker.
 
Hannah gives squiggley SHADs and SHADs with two or three dots over them
as glyph variants of the ordinary SHADs. Hanna gives a SHAD with an
o-vowel above as an honorific "indicating a fresh beginning", called
LOTUS-AND-STALK. Hannah's SINGLE ORNAMENT is more elaborate than U+1077
here, having three variants of increasing complexity, composed of
elements from top to bottom:
RADIANCE-GEM-LOTUS-LOTUS
RADIANCE-GEM-LOTUS-LOTUS-LOTUS
RADIANCE-GEM-LOTUS-LOTUS-LOTUS-STALK
 
The SINGLE ORNAMENT described in these terms would be called GEM-LOTUS.
This LOTUS is not the same as the one in the LOTUS-AND-STALK. If the
SINGLE ORNAMENT is NYI-ZLA, then GEM could be replaced by SUN and LOTUS
by MOON in the ornaments (but not in the LOTUS-AND-STALK shad). Quite
possibly more ornaments should be added. RGYAN-SHAD (U+1075 here) means
simply "ornamented shad". RIN-CHEN-PHUNG-SHAD (U+1074 here) means "gem
body shad". I would appreciate knowing the full forms of the terms for
U+1051 --> U+1057 and U+1072 --> U+1073) in the Vienna Congress of
Orientalists transliteration (used e.g. by Das).
 
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Michael Everson
School of Architecture, UCD; Richview, Clonskeagh; Dublin 14; E/ire
Phone: +353 1 706-2745  Fax: +353 1 283-8908  Home: +353 1 478-2597
 






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