Plane BMP Unused 0 reserved code points | Assigned 80 code points | |
Range U+AB70..U+ABBF(80 code points) | ||
Cherokee Supplement 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 Supplement block contains lowercase letters only, whereas the Cherokee block contains all the uppercase letters, together with six lowercase letters.
History
The following Unicode-related document records the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Cherokee Supplement block:
References
Cherokee Supplement Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA