Carian is a

Unicode block A Unicode block is one of several contiguous ranges of numeric character codes (code points) of the Unicode character set that are defined by the Unicode Consortium for administrative and documentation purposes. Typically, proposals such as the ad ...

containing the Masson set and four additional characters for writing the ancient

Carian language The Carian language is an extinct language of the Luwic subgroup of the Anatolian branch of the Indo-European language family. The Carian language was spoken in Caria, a region of western Anatolia between the ancient regions of Lycia and Lydia, ...

in Caria and Egypt, where the Carians served as mercenaries.

History

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

References

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