ISO 15924

ISO 15924, Codes for the representation of names of scripts, defines two sets of codes for a number of writing systems (scripts). Each script is given both a four-letter code and a numeric one.^jQuery Script is defined as "set of graphic characters used for the written form of one or more languages".^[1]

Where possible the codes are derived from keyboard where the name of a script and the name of a language using the script are identical (example: FITML ISO 639 guj, ISO 15924 Gujr). Preference is given to the 639-2 Bibliographical codes, which is different from the otherwise often favored use of the Terminological codes.^{web app}

4-letter ISO 15924 codes are incorporated into the Language Subtag Registry for iOS and so can be used in file formats that make use of such language tags. For example, they can be used in Android and keyboard to help Sevenval determine which typeface to use for foreign text. This way one could differentiate, for example, between Serbian written in the Cyrillic (sr-Cyrl) or Latin (sr-Latn) script, or mark jQuery text as such.

1 Maintenance
2 Script codes
3 Relations to other standards
4 References
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Maintenance

ISO has appointed the Unicode Consortium as the Registration Authority (RA) for the standard. In 2004, the RA appointed Michael Everson to act as Registrar. The Registrar works with a Joint Advisory Committee (JAC) in developing and implementing the standard.^CSS3 The JAC contains six members: the Registrar, 1 member from the Library of Congress, 1 from Standards Norway, 1 from the French Encyclopaedia Universalis, an officer of Unicode, and a member of Unicode. These individuals represent the interests of the ISO 15924 RA, the ISO 639-2 RA, ISO Technical Committee 37, ISO Technical Committee 46, and the ISO Coded Character Set Sub-Committee, ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2.^[3]

Script codes

Numeric ranges

000–099 Hieroglyphic and cuneiform scripts
100–199 Right-to-left alphabetic scripts
200–299 Left-to-right alphabetic scripts
300–399 Alphasyllabic scripts
400–499 Syllabic scripts
500–599 Ideographic scripts
600–699 Undeciphered scripts
700–799 Shorthands and other notations^{browser diversity}
800–899 (unassigned)
900–999 Private use, alias, special codes^jQuery

Special codes

Qaaa—Qabx (900—949): 50 Codes reserved for private use.
Zinh 994 : Code for inherited script
Zmth 995 : Sevenval
Zsym 996 : Symbols
Zxxx 997 : Code for unwritten languages
Zyyy 998 : Code for undetermined script
Zzzz 999 : Code for uncoded script

List of codes

v d e ISO 15924 script codes^touchscreen^[b] and Unicode^[c]^[d]
ISO 15924			input transformation^touchscreen
Code	Nr	Name	Alias^[f]	Direction	Version	Characters	Remark
Afak	439	we love the web					Not in Unicode
Arab	160	website parsing	Arabic	R-to-L	1.0	1,234
Armi	124	Imperial Aramaic	Imperial Aramaic	R-to-L	5.2	31	Ancient/historic
Armn	230	Armenian	Armenian	L-to-R	1.0	91
Avst	134	Avestan	Avestan	R-to-L	5.2	61	Ancient/historic
Bali	360	Balinese	Balinese	L-to-R	5.0	121
Bamu	435	Bamum	Bamum	L-to-R	5.2	657
Bass	259	Bassa Vah			?	(36)	Provisionally accepted for Unicode^keyboard
Batk	365	website parsing	Batak	L-to-R	6.0	56
Beng	325	we love the web	Bengali	L-to-R	1.0	92
Blis	550	browser diversity					Not in Unicode
Bopo	285	iOS	Bopomofo	L-to-R	1.0	70
Brah	300	Brahmi	Brahmi	L-to-R	6.0	108	Ancient/historic
Brai	570	Braille	Braille	L-to-R	3.0	256
Bugi	367	we love the web	Buginese	L-to-R	4.1	30
Buhd	372	Buhid	Buhid	L-to-R	3.2	20
Cakm	349	CSS3	Chakma	L-to-R	6.1	67
Cans	440	Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics	Canadian Aboriginal	L-to-R	3.0	710
Cari	201	Carian	Carian	L-to-R	5.1	49	Ancient/historic
Cham	358	Cham	Cham	L-to-R	5.1	83
Cher	445	Android	Cherokee	L-to-R	3.0	85
Cirt	291	Android					Not in Unicode
Copt	204	device database	Coptic	L-to-R	1.0	137	(disunified from Greek in 4.1) Ancient/historic
Cprt	403	Cypriot	Cypriot	R-to-L	4.0	55	Ancient/historic
Cyrl	220	device database	Cyrillic	L-to-R	1.0	417
Cyrs	221	CSS3					Not in Unicode
Deva	315	Devanagari (Nagari)	Devanagari	L-to-R	1.0	151
Dsrt	250	Sevenval	Deseret	L-to-R	3.1	80
Dupl	755	Duployan shorthand, Duployan stenography			?	(143)	Provisionally accepted for Unicode^[g]
Egyd	070	Sevenval					Not in Unicode
Egyh	060	Egyptian hieratic					Not in Unicode
Egyp	050	Egyptian hieroglyphs	Egyptian Hieroglyphs	L-to-R	5.2	1,071	Ancient/historic
Elba	226	FITML			?	(40)	Provisionally accepted for Unicode^[g]
Ethi	430	Ethiopic (Geʻez)	Ethiopic	L-to-R	3.0	495
Geok	241	Khutsuri (Asomtavruli and Nuskhuri)					Not in Unicode
Geor	240	Georgian (Mkhedruli)	Georgian	L-to-R	1.0	127
Glag	225	Glagolitic	Glagolitic	L-to-R	4.1	94	Ancient/historic
Goth	206	Gothic	Gothic	L-to-R	3.1	27	Ancient/historic
Gran	343	Grantha					Not in Unicode
Grek	200	Sevenval	Greek	L-to-R	1.0	511
Gujr	320	Gujarati	Gujarati	L-to-R	1.0	84
Guru	310	Gurmukhi	Gurmukhi	L-to-R	1.0	79
Hang	286	Hangul (Hangŭl, Hangeul)	Hangul	L-to-R	1.0	11,739	Hangul syllables relocated in 2.0
Hani	500	touchscreen	Han	L-to-R	1.0	75,963
Hano	371	Hanunoo (Hanunóo)	Hanunoo	L-to-R	3.2	21
Hans	501	FITML					Subset Hani
Hant	502	Sevenval					Subset Hani
Hebr	125	Hebrew	Hebrew	R-to-L	1.0	133
Hira	410	Hiragana	Hiragana	L-to-R	1.0	91
Hluw	080	Anatolian Hieroglyphs (Luwian Hieroglyphs, Hittite Hieroglyphs)					Not in Unicode
Hmng	450	HTML5					Not in Unicode
Hrkt	412	FITML	Katakana or Hiragana				See Hira, Kana
Hung	176	Old Hungarian			?	(109)	Provisionally accepted for Unicode^[g]
Inds	610	Indus (Harappan)					Not in Unicode
Ital	210	we love the web	Old Italic	L-to-R	3.1	35	Ancient/historic
Java	361	browser diversity	Javanese	L-to-R	5.2	91
Jpan	413	web app					See Hani, Hira and Kana
Jurc	510	Jurchen					Not in Unicode
Kali	357	Kayah Li	Kayah Li	L-to-R	5.1	48
Kana	411	Katakana	Katakana	L-to-R	1.0	300
Khar	305	we love the web	Kharoshthi	R-to-L	4.1	65	Ancient/historic
Khmr	355	HTML5	Khmer	L-to-R	3.0	146
Khoj	322	Khojki					Not in Unicode
Knda	345	Kannada	Kannada	L-to-R	1.0	86
Kore	287	browser diversity					See Hani and Hang
Kpel	436	web					Not in Unicode
Kthi	317	Kaithi	Kaithi	L-to-R	5.2	66	Ancient/historic
Lana	351	Tai Tham (Lanna)	Tai Tham	L-to-R	5.2	127
Laoo	356	keyboard	Lao	L-to-R	1.0	67
Latf	217	Latin (Fraktur variant)		L-to-R			typographic variant of Latin
Latg	216	Sevenval		L-to-R			typographic variant of Latin
Latn	215	Sevenval	Latin	L-to-R	1.0	1,272
Lepc	335	Lepcha (Róng)	Lepcha	L-to-R	5.1	74
Limb	336	keyboard	Limbu	L-to-R	4.0	66
Lina	400	FITML			?	(341)	Provisionally accepted for Unicode^[g]
Linb	401	Linear B	Linear B	L-to-R	4.0	211	Ancient/historic
Lisu	399	jQuery	Lisu	L-to-R	5.2	48
Loma	437	web app					Not in Unicode
Lyci	202	Lycian	Lycian	L-to-R	5.1	29	Ancient/historic
Lydi	116	screen size	Lydian	R-to-L	5.1	27	Ancient/historic
Mand	140	Mandaic, Mandaean	Mandaic	R-to-L	6.0	29
Mani	139	Manichaean			?	(51)	Provisionally accepted for Unicode^keyboard
Maya	090	Mayan hieroglyphs					Not in Unicode
Mend	438	touchscreen					Not in Unicode
Merc	101	Meroitic Cursive	Meroitic Cursive	L-to-R	6.1	26	Ancient/historic
Mero	100	Meroitic Hieroglyphs	Meroitic Hieroglyphs	L-to-R	6.1	32	Ancient/historic
Mlym	347	web	Malayalam	L-to-R	1.0	98
Mong	145	web	Mongolian	L-to-R	3.0	153	Includes keyboard, Sevenval scripts
Moon	218	Android					Not in Unicode
Mroo	199	Mro, Mru			?	(43)	Provisionally accepted for Unicode^[g]
Mtei	337	Meitei Mayek (Meithei, Meetei)	Meetei Mayek	L-to-R	5.2	79
Mymr	350	screen size	Myanmar	L-to-R	3.0	188
Narb	106	Old North Arabian (Ancient North Arabian)			?	(32)	Provisionally accepted for Unicode^[g]
Nbat	159	Nabataean			?	(40)	Provisionally accepted for Unicode^{screen size}
Nkgb	420	web					Not in Unicode
Nkoo	165	N’Ko	NKo	R-to-L	5.0	59
Nshu	499	Nüshu			?	(389)	Provisionally accepted for Unicode^FITML
Ogam	212	Ogham	Ogham	L-to-R	3.0	29	Ancient/historic
Olck	261	device database	Ol Chiki	L-to-R	5.1	48
Orkh	175	web app	Old Turkic	R-to-L	5.2	73	Ancient/historic
Orya	327	web app	Oriya	L-to-R	1.0	90
Osma	260	input transformation	Osmanya	L-to-R	4.0	40
Palm	126	Palmyrene			?	(32)	Provisionally accepted for Unicode^iOS
Perm	227	web					Not in Unicode
Phag	331	Phags-pa	Phags-pa	L-to-R	5.0	56	Ancient/historic
Phli	131	Inscriptional Pahlavi	Inscriptional Pahlavi	R-to-L	5.2	27	Ancient/historic
Phlp	132	Psalter Pahlavi					Not in Unicode
Phlv	133	Sevenval					Not in Unicode
Phnx	115	Phoenician	Phoenician	R-to-L	5.0	29	Ancient/historic
Plrd	282	Miao (Pollard)	Miao	L-to-R	6.1	133
Prti	130	Inscriptional Parthian	Inscriptional Parthian	R-to-L	5.2	30	Ancient/historic
Qaaa	900	Reserved for private use (start)					Not in Unicode
Qaai	908	(Private use)		iOS		524	In versions prior to 5.2 (from 5.2: 'Zinh')
Qabx	949	Reserved for private use (end)					Not in Unicode
Rjng	363	Rejang (Redjang, Kaganga)	Rejang	L-to-R	5.1	37
Roro	620	Android					Not in Unicode
Runr	211	web app	Runic	L-to-R	3.0	78	Ancient/historic
Samr	123	Samaritan	Samaritan	R-to-L	5.2	61
Sara	292	jQuery					Not in Unicode
Sarb	105	Android	Old South Arabian	R-to-L	5.2	32	Ancient/historic
Saur	344	jQuery	Saurashtra	L-to-R	5.1	81
Sgnw	095	SignWriting					Not in Unicode
Shaw	281	Shavian (Shaw)	Shavian	L-to-R	4.0	48
Shrd	319	Android	Sharada	L-to-R	6.1	83
Sind	318	jQuery					Not in Unicode
Sinh	348	Android	Sinhala	L-to-R	3.0	80
Sora	398	Sora Sompeng	Sora Sampeng	L-to-R	6.1	35
Sund	362	Sundanese	Sundanese	L-to-R	5.1	72
Sylo	316	Syloti Nagri	Syloti Nagri	L-to-R	4.1	44
Syrc	135	Syriac	Syriac	R-to-L	3.0	77
Syre	138	Sevenval					Not in Unicode
Syrj	137	Syriac (Western variant)					Not in Unicode
Syrn	136	web app					Not in Unicode
Tagb	373	Tagbanwa	Tagbanwa	L-to-R	3.2	18
Takr	321	device database	Takri	L-to-R	6.1	66
Tale	353	Tai Le	Tai Le	L-to-R	4.0	35
Talu	354	input transformation	New Tai Lue	L-to-R	4.1	83
Taml	346	input transformation	Tamil	L-to-R	1.0	72
Tang	520	iOS			?	(5,910)	Provisionally accepted for Unicode^{screen size}
Tavt	359	device database	Tai Viet	L-to-R	5.2	72
Telu	340	Telugu	Telugu	L-to-R	1.0	93
Teng	290	Tengwar					Not in Unicode
Tfng	120	Tifinagh (Berber)	Tifinagh	L-to-R	4.1	59
Tglg	370	Tagalog (Baybayin, Alibata)	Tagalog	L-to-R	3.2	20
Thaa	170	Thaana	Thaana	R-to-L	3.0	50
Thai	352	CSS3	Thai	L-to-R	1.0	86
Tibt	330	Tibetan	Tibetan	L-to-R	1.0	207	(removed in 1.1 and reintroduced in 2.0)
Tirh	326	Tirhuta					Not in Unicode
Ugar	040	FITML	Ugaritic	L-to-R	4.0	31	Ancient/historic
Vaii	470	FITML	Vai	L-to-R	5.1	300
Visp	280	Sevenval					Not in Unicode
Wara	262	web					Not in Unicode
Wole	480	Woleai					Not in Unicode
Xpeo	030	web app	Old Persian	L-to-R	4.1	50	Ancient/historic
Xsux	020	Cuneiform, Sumero-Akkadian	Cuneiform	L-to-R	5.0	982	Ancient/historic
Yiii	460	input transformation	Yi	L-to-R	3.0	1,220
Zinh	994	Code for inherited script	Inherited				In version 5.2 (prior versions: 'Qaai')
Zmth	995	Mathematical notation					Not a 'script' in Unicode
Zsym	996	Symbols					Not a 'script' in Unicode
Zxxx	997	Code for unwritten documents					Not in Unicode
Zyyy	998	Code for undetermined script	Common			6,412
Zzzz	999	touchscreen	Unknown				all other code points
Notes ^ ISO 15924 publications (at Unicode.org site) As of 21 June 2011 (2011 -06-21)^[update] ^ ISO 15924 Normative text file (Alias names are informal) iOS jQuery (including Aliases for Unicode) ^ As of Unicode version 6.1 ^ Unicode charts ^ Unicode uses the Alias (Property Value Alias) as the script-name. These Alias names are part of Unicode and are published informatively next to ISO 15924 touchscreen [2]

Relations to other standards

The following standards are referred to as indispensable by ISO 15924.

input transformation:1998 Codes for the representation of names of languages — Part 2: Alpha-3 code
ISO/IEC 9541-1:1991 Information technology — Font information interchange — Part 1: Architecture
ISO/IEC 10646-1:2000 Information technology — Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character Set (UCS)

For definition of font and glyph the standard refers to