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Bamum Unicode Characters

Script: Bamum (Bamu) 657 matching characters

The Bamum script (ISO 15924 code Bamu) is an official Unicode writing system defined in UAX #24.

Script vs. Block Distinction: In the Unicode Standard, a Script identifies a functional writing system and frequently spans multiple distinct blocks (e.g. Bamum characters appear across 2 blocks). Conversely, a Block is merely a contiguous geometric range of code points that may contain characters belonging to different scripts.

Unicode Block Distribution

Characters belonging to the Bamum script are distributed across 2 distinct Unicode blocks.

General Category Breakdown

Typological distribution of Bamum characters across formal Unicode general categories.

Unicode Version Additions

Timeline of when characters in the Bamum script were standardized in Unicode.

Character properties, formal aliases (Bamu), block distributions, and Script_Extensions relationships for the Bamum script are compiled directly from the official Unicode Character Database (UCD 17.0.0) per Unicode Standard Annex #24 published by the Unicode Consortium. For methodology and citation details, visit Data Sources.