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ISO / IEC JTC 1/ SC 2 / WG 2
PROPOSAL SUMMARY FORM
TO ACCOMPANY SUBMISSIONS
FOR ADDITIONS TO THE REPERTOIRE OF ISO/IEC 10646

Please fill Sections A, B, and C below. Section D will be filled by SC 2 / WG 2

A. Administrative
 
1. Title
      Additions to the Armenian Code Table
2. Requester’s name
      Armenian Engineers and Scientists’ Association, Computer Standardization Committee
3. Requester type (Member body/Liaison/Individual contribution) 
      Member Body
4. Submission date
       June 1, 1996
5. Requester’s reference (if applicable)
6. Choose one of the following:
      a. This is a complete proposal
      YES
      b. More information will be provided later
      NO

B. Technical - General
 
1. Choose one of the following:
      a. This proposal is for a new script (set of characters) 
      NO
Proposed name of script 
      Not Applicable
      b. The proposal is for addition of character(s) to an existing block
      YES
        Name of the existing block
      ARMENIAN
2. Number of characters in proposal
      8
3. Proposed category (see  section II, Character Categories)
      A, Contemporary
4. Proposed Level of implementation (see clause 15, ISO/IEC 10646-1) 
      Level 3
      Is a rationale provided for the choice ? 
      This is based on the usage of these characters
      If YES, reference 
       
5. Is a repertoire including character names provided?
      YES
      a. If YES, are the names in accordance with the character naming guidelines in Annex K of ISO/IEC 10646-1 ? 
      YES
      b. Are the character shapes attached in a reviewable form ?
      YES
6. Who will provide the appropriate computerized font (ordered preference: TrueType, PostScript or 96x96 bit-mapped format) for publishing the standard ?
      Already provided. Floppy disk is enclosed
      If available now, identify source(s) for the font (including address, e-mail, ftp-site, etc) and indicate the tools used:
      Font sources: 
      American University of Armenia, 40 Marshall Bagramian Street, Yerevan ARMENIADer Ohanian fonts, 701 DonMills Rd, Suite 1511 DonMills, Ontario M3C1R7, CANADAAgosoft Inc.  1678 Shattuck #134 Berkeley CA 94709  USA
      Tool used: 
      Fontographer
7. References:
      a. Are references (to other character sets, dictionaries, descriptive texts, etc.) provided ?
      YES, see attached list of references.
      b. Are published examples (such as samples from newspapers, magazines, or other sources) of use of proposed characters attached ? 
      See attached

C. Technical - Justification
 
1. Has contact been made to members of the user community (for example: National Body, user groups of the script or characters, other experts, etc.) ?
      YES
      If YES, with whom ?
      National Academy of Sciences of Armenia Language Insitute of ArmeniaAmerican University of Armenia Informatics Institute of ArmeniaManufacturers such as Papazian, DerOhanian, Bytec, Agosoft, Polybase, etc. AESA survey of speakers of the Armenian Language
      If YES, available relevant documents ? 
      See attached
2. Information on the user community for the proposed characters (for example: size, demographics, information technology use, or publishing use) is included ?
      Demographics: 
      Approximately 3 million speakers/writers of Armenian within Armenia Ê 

      Approximately 5 million speakers/writers of Armenian within North and South America, Middle East, Europe, Australia, and other parts of the world
      Information technology use:
      Word processing, Desktop Publishing, Library Automation, Optical Characeter Recognition Personal computers, Internet, Unix Workstations,
      Reference
      JAAIP, AUA communications, Hamazkayin news and information, National Academy of Sciences of Armenia
3. The context of use for the proposed characters (type of use: common or rare) 
      Common
      Reference 
      See attached list of references
4. Are the proposed characters in current use by the user community? 
      YES
      If YES, where? 
      Reference See attached.Printed literature in Armenia (especially Yerevan), Venice, Wien, Beirut, Marseille, Los Angeles, Boston, Moscow, Bucharest, Buenos Aires, Cairo, and everywhere else Armenians are scattered within their Diaspora
5. After giving due consideration to the principles in N 1252 must the proposed characters be entirely in the BMP?
      YES
      If YES, is a rationale provided ?
      4c. Symbols specific to the Armenian Language
      If YES, reference
      Dictionary of Armenology, by Hrant Petrosian, Sponsor of Publication: Chair of Armenian Language studies of the State University of Yerevan, Published by "Hayastan" Publishing house, 1987 pp. 143-146, 588Armenian Grammar (West Dialect) by Fr. S.L.Kogian, Mechitharist, Vienna, Austria, Mechitharist Press, 1949, pp. 21-23Armenian Language, Textbook of Normative Syntax, by S. G. Abrahamian, Sponsored by Education Department of Armenian SSR, Yerevan, "Luis", 1984, pp..312-313, 318-320
6. Should the proposed characters be kept together in a contiguous range (rather than being scattered) ?
      Not applicable. These characters are already positioned in the ARMENIAN code table.
7. Can any of the proposed characters be considered a presentation form of an existing character sequence ?
      NO
      If YES, is a rationale for its inclusion provided?
      Not applicable
      If YES, reference
      Not applicable
8. Can any of the proposed character(s) be considered to be similar (in appearance or function) to an existing character?
      NO. Some symbols are remotely similar to other symbols (of other tables). Cross reference is provided.
      If YES, is a rationale for its inclusion provided?
      Not applicable 
      If YES, reference
      Not applicable
9. Does the proposal include use of combining characters and/or use of composite sequences (see clause 4.11 and 4.13 in ISO/IEC 10646-1) ?
      YES
      If YES, is a rationale for such use provided?
      Some of these adjusted symbols are combining. This is their correct historical usage
      If YES, reference 
      See attached list of references
      Is a list of composite sequences and their corresponding glyph images (graphic symbols) provided ?
      NO, not neededComposites are placed above vowels
      If YES, reference
      See attached list of references

D. SC 2 / WG 2 Administrative (To be completed by SC 2 / WG 2)
 
1. Relevant SC 2 / WG 2 document numbers:
2. Status (list of meeting number and corresponding action or disposition)
3. Additional contact to user communities, liaison organization, etc.
4. Assigned category and assigned priority / time frame

Adjustment   1

Adjustment 2 Adjustment   3
0530 ARMENIAN SIUN SHESHT is shorter, descends towards the top of the vowel and is a combining character placed above Armenian vowels.

Adjustment   4

 007E TILDE BATSAKANCHAKAN is wider, is tilted upward, and is a combining character positioned above vowels.

Adjustment   5



dec hex Name dec hex Name
048 0530 ARMENIAN SIUN 096 0560 ARMENIAN YERKVOREAK
049 0531 ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER AYB 097 0561 ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER AYB
050 0532 ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER BEN 098 0562 ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER BEN
051 0533 ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER GIM 099 0563 ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER GIM
052 0534 ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER DA 100 0564 ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER DA
053 0535 ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER YECH, ECH 101 0565 ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER YECH, ECH
054 0536 ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER ZA 102 0566 ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER ZA
055 0537 ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER E, EH 103 0567 ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER E, EH
056 0538 ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER AT, ET 104 0568 ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER AT, ET
057 0539 ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER THO, TO 105 0569 ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER THO, TO
058 053A ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER ZHE 106 056A ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER ZHE
059 053B ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER INI 107 056B ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER INI
060 053C ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER LIWN 108 056C ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER LIWN
061 053D ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER XEH 109 056D ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER XEH
062 053E ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER CA 110 056E ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER CA
063 053F ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER KEN 111 056F ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER KEN
064 0540 ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER HO 112 0570 ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER HO
065 0541 ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER JA 113 0571 ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER JA
066 0542 ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER GHAT 114 0572 ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER GHAT
067 0543 ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER TSHE, CHEH 115 0573 ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER TSHE, CHEH
068 0544 ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER MEN 116 0574 ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER MEN
069 0545 ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER YI 117 0575 ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER YI
070 0546 ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER NU, NOW 118 0576 ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER NU, NOW
071 0547 ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER SHA 119 0577 ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER SHA
072 0548 ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER VO 120 0578 ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER VO
073 0549 ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER CHA 121 0579 ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER CHA
074 054A ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER PE, PEH 122 057A ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER PE, PEH
075 054B ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER JE, JHEH 123 057B ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER JE, JHEH
076 054C ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER RRA, RA 124 057C ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER RRA, RA
077 054D ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER SE, SEH 125 057D ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER SE, SEH
078 054E ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER VEW 126 057E ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER VEW
079 054F ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER TIWN 127 057F ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER TIWN
080 0550 ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER RE, REH 128 0580 ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER RE, REH
081 0551 ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER TSO, CO 129 0581 ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER TSO, CO
082 0552 ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER HIWN 130  0582 ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER HIWN
083 0553 ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER PIWR 131 0583 ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER PIWR
084 0554 ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER KHE, KEH 132 0584 ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER KHE, KEH
085 0555 ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER O, OH 133 0585 ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER O, OH
086 0556 ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER FE, FEH 134 0586 ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER FE, FEH
087 0557 ARMENIAN CAPITAL SYMBOL YEV 135 0587 ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER YEV
088 0558 ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER U 136 0588 ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER U
089 0559 ARMENIAN DUR 137 0589 ARMENIAN VERJAKET, FULL STOP
090 055A ARMENIAN APATARTS, APOSTROPHE 138 058A ARMENIAN MIJAKET
091 055B ARMENIAN SHESHT, EMPHASIS MARK 139 058B ARMENIAN DZAKH CHAKERT
092 055C ARMENIAN BATSAKANCHAKAN, EXCLAMATION MARK 140 058C ARMENIAN AJ CHAKERT 
093 055D ARMENIAN BUT, COMMA 141 058D  ARMENIAN YENTAMNA
094 055E ARMENIAN HARTSAKAN, QUESTION MARK 142 058E ARMENIAN MIUTIAN GTSIK
095 055F ARMENIAN PATIW, ABBREVIATION MARK 143 058F ARMENIAN ANJATMAN GITS

References:

  1. Abrahamian S.G., Armenian Language, Textbook of Normative Syntax, Sponsored by Education Department of Armenian SSR, Yerevan, "Luis", 1984 pp 312 - 313, 318-320
  2. ANSI Z39.37 - 1979 American National Standard system for the romanization of Armenian.
  3. Armenian Engineers and Scientists of America Survey for transcription of Armenian symbols
  4. Godel Robert, An Introduction to the Study of Classical Armenian, 1975
  5. Hagopian Gayane, Armenian Handbook, Beginning and Intermediate Levels, UC Berkely Press (not published yet)
  6. Jahukian Gevorg, Comparative Grammar of Armenian Language (in Russian), Yerevan 1982
  7. Fr. Kogian S.L., Armenian Grammar (West Dialect), Mechitarist,  Vienna, Austria. Mechistarist Press, 1949 pp 21 - 23
  8. Petrosian Hrant Z., Hayerenagitakan Bararan, Yerevan 1987. Dictionary of Armenology, Sponsor of Publication: Chair of Armenian Language Studies of the State University of Yerevan, Published by "Hayastan" Publishing house, 1987  pp 143 -146, 588
  9. Thompson Robert W., Introduction to Classical Armenian, 1975
  10. Unicode, The Unicode Consortium

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