# Vai (Unicode block)

Vai is a Unicode block containing characters of the Vai syllabary used for writing the Vai language of Sierra Leone and Liberia.

## Block

Vai Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF) :
| | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F |
| U+A50x | ꔀ | ꔁ | ꔂ | ꔃ | ꔄ | ꔅ | ꔆ | ꔇ | ꔈ | ꔉ | ꔊ | ꔋ | ꔌ | ꔍ | ꔎ | ꔏ |
| U+A51x | ꔐ | ꔑ | ꔒ | ꔓ | ꔔ | ꔕ | ꔖ | ꔗ | ꔘ | ꔙ | ꔚ | ꔛ | ꔜ | ꔝ | ꔞ | ꔟ |
| U+A52x | ꔠ | ꔡ | ꔢ | ꔣ | ꔤ | ꔥ | ꔦ | ꔧ | ꔨ | ꔩ | ꔪ | ꔫ | ꔬ | ꔭ | ꔮ | ꔯ |
| U+A53x | ꔰ | ꔱ | ꔲ | ꔳ | ꔴ | ꔵ | ꔶ | ꔷ | ꔸ | ꔹ | ꔺ | ꔻ | ꔼ | ꔽ | ꔾ | ꔿ |
| U+A54x | ꕀ | ꕁ | ꕂ | ꕃ | ꕄ | ꕅ | ꕆ | ꕇ | ꕈ | ꕉ | ꕊ | ꕋ | ꕌ | ꕍ | ꕎ | ꕏ |
| U+A55x | ꕐ | ꕑ | ꕒ | ꕓ | ꕔ | ꕕ | ꕖ | ꕗ | ꕘ | ꕙ | ꕚ | ꕛ | ꕜ | ꕝ | ꕞ | ꕟ |
| U+A56x | ꕠ | ꕡ | ꕢ | ꕣ | ꕤ | ꕥ | ꕦ | ꕧ | ꕨ | ꕩ | ꕪ | ꕫ | ꕬ | ꕭ | ꕮ | ꕯ |
| U+A57x | ꕰ | ꕱ | ꕲ | ꕳ | ꕴ | ꕵ | ꕶ | ꕷ | ꕸ | ꕹ | ꕺ | ꕻ | ꕼ | ꕽ | ꕾ | ꕿ |
| U+A58x | ꖀ | ꖁ | ꖂ | ꖃ | ꖄ | ꖅ | ꖆ | ꖇ | ꖈ | ꖉ | ꖊ | ꖋ | ꖌ | ꖍ | ꖎ | ꖏ |
| U+A59x | ꖐ | ꖑ | ꖒ | ꖓ | ꖔ | ꖕ | ꖖ | ꖗ | ꖘ | ꖙ | ꖚ | ꖛ | ꖜ | ꖝ | ꖞ | ꖟ |
| U+A5Ax | ꖠ | ꖡ | ꖢ | ꖣ | ꖤ | ꖥ | ꖦ | ꖧ | ꖨ | ꖩ | ꖪ | ꖫ | ꖬ | ꖭ | ꖮ | ꖯ |
| U+A5Bx | ꖰ | ꖱ | ꖲ | ꖳ | ꖴ | ꖵ | ꖶ | ꖷ | ꖸ | ꖹ | ꖺ | ꖻ | ꖼ | ꖽ | ꖾ | ꖿ |
| U+A5Cx | ꗀ | ꗁ | ꗂ | ꗃ | ꗄ | ꗅ | ꗆ | ꗇ | ꗈ | ꗉ | ꗊ | ꗋ | ꗌ | ꗍ | ꗎ | ꗏ |
| U+A5Dx | ꗐ | ꗑ | ꗒ | ꗓ | ꗔ | ꗕ | ꗖ | ꗗ | ꗘ | ꗙ | ꗚ | ꗛ | ꗜ | ꗝ | ꗞ | ꗟ |
| U+A5Ex | ꗠ | ꗡ | ꗢ | ꗣ | ꗤ | ꗥ | ꗦ | ꗧ | ꗨ | ꗩ | ꗪ | ꗫ | ꗬ | ꗭ | ꗮ | ꗯ |
| U+A5Fx | ꗰ | ꗱ | ꗲ | ꗳ | ꗴ | ꗵ | ꗶ | ꗷ | ꗸ | ꗹ | ꗺ | ꗻ | ꗼ | ꗽ | ꗾ | ꗿ |
| U+A60x | ꘀ | ꘁ | ꘂ | ꘃ | ꘄ | ꘅ | ꘆ | ꘇ | ꘈ | ꘉ | ꘊ | ꘋ | ꘌ | ꘍ | ꘎ | ꘏ |
| U+A61x | ꘐ | ꘑ | ꘒ | ꘓ | ꘔ | ꘕ | ꘖ | ꘗ | ꘘ | ꘙ | ꘚ | ꘛ | ꘜ | ꘝ | ꘞ | ꘟ |
| U+A62x | ꘠ | ꘡ | ꘢ | ꘣ | ꘤ | ꘥ | ꘦ | ꘧ | ꘨ | ꘩ | ꘪ | ꘫ | | | | |
| U+A63x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Notes 1.^ As of Unicode version 16.0 2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points |||||||||||||||||

## History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Vai block:
| Version | Final code points | Count | L2 ID | WG2 ID | Document |
| 5.1 | U+A500..A62B | 300 | L2/04-374 | | Riley, Charles (2004-11-06), Status report on Vai encoding |
| 5.1 | U+A500..A62B | 300 | L2/05-053 | | Riley, Charles L.; Rivera, José R.; Sherman, Tombekai V.; Glavy, Jason (2005-01-31), Preliminary codechart for encoding Vai into the SMP of the UCS |
| 5.1 | U+A500..A62B | 300 | L2/05-159RR | N2948R | Everson, Michael; Riley, Charles; Rivera, José (2005-08-01), Proposal to add the Vai script to the BMP of the UCS |
| 5.1 | U+A500..A62B | 300 | L2/05-180 | | Moore, Lisa (2005-08-17), "Vai (C.2)", UTC #104 Minutes |
| 5.1 | U+A500..A62B | 300 | | N2953 (pdf, doc) | Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2006-02-16), "7.4.5", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 47, Sophia Antipolis, France; 2005-09-12/15 |
| 5.1 | U+A500..A62B | 300 | L2/06-136 | | McGowan, Rick (2006-04-18), Regarding WG2 N3081, proposal for additions to Vai |
| 5.1 | U+A500..A62B | 300 | L2/06-120R | N3081R | Everson, Michael (2006-04-23), Proposal for addition of Vai characters to the UCS |
| 5.1 | U+A500..A62B | 300 | L2/06-108 | | Moore, Lisa (2006-05-25), "C.12", UTC #107 Minutes |
| 5.1 | U+A500..A62B | 300 | | N3103 (pdf, doc) | Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2006-08-25), "M48.3, M48.5c [U+A555]", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 48, Mountain View, CA, USA; 2006-04-24/27 |
| 5.1 | U+A500..A62B | 300 | L2/07-104 | N3243R | Everson, Michael (2007-04-18), Proposal to add additional historic syllables for Vai |
| 5.1 | U+A500..A62B | 300 | L2/07-118R2 | | Moore, Lisa (2007-05-23), "111-C17", UTC #111 Minutes |
| 5.1 | U+A500..A62B | 300 | L2/07-268 | N3253 (pdf, doc) | Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2007-07-26), "M50.2", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 50, Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany; 2007-04-24/27 |
| 5.1 | U+A500..A62B | 300 | L2/05-171 | | Riley, Charles (2008-07-21), List of Contributors and Participants in the Vai Proposal for Unicode |
| ↑ Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names ||||||