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Unicode 17.0 Beta Review Open
The beta review period for Unicode® 17.0 has started and is open until July 1, 2025.The beta is intended primarily for review of character property data and changes to algorithm specifications (Unicode...
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ICU4X 2.0 released!
At the intersection of human and computer languages, internationalization (i18n) continues to play a pivotal role in modern software. Evolving i18n libraries means better quality experiences, improved...
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Unicode Technology Workshop 2025 — Call for Submissions Now Open!
📣 Call for Submissions Now Open!Unicode is pleased to announce thatsession proposals for UTW 2025 are now being accepted!We are seeking proposals for workshops, seminars, case studies, and tutorials...
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Registration for Unicode Technology Workshop 2025 is now open!
Join us at Microsoft’s Silicon Valley campus in Mountain View, California for one, two, or all three days of community building around the Unicode technology that makes software work for billions of...
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🥳 Say Hello to the New Emoji Coming in Unicode 17.0 This Fall! ✨
From 🥹 to 🦖 to 🎸, emoji have become the world's favorite way to say anything—without saying a word. Whether you're texting your best friend, posting on social media, or cheering someone up with a...
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Highlights from UTC Meeting #184
The Unicode Technical Committee (UTC) meeting #184 was held last week, July 22 – 24, in Redmond, Washington, hosted by Microsoft. Here are some highlights.Finalizing Unicode 17.0The top priority was to...
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Unicode 17.0 Release Announcement
Announcing The Unicode® Standard, Version 17.0The Unicode Standard is the foundation for all global digital communications, providing the encoding for text content used in all devices. The latest...
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Unicode CLDR 48 Alpha available for testing
The Unicode CLDR 48 Alpha is now available for integration testing. CLDR provides key building blocks for software to support the world's languages (dates, times, numbers, sort-order, etc.) For...
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Unicode CLDR 48 Beta available for specification review
The Unicode CLDR 48 Beta is now available for specification review and integration testing. The release is planned for October 29th, 2025, but any feedback on the specification needs to be submitted...
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ICU 78 Released
Unicode® ICU 78 has just been released. ICU is the premier library for software internationalization, used by a wide array of companies and organizations to support the world's languages, implementing...
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ICU4X 2.1 released!
The ICU4X Technical Committee is happy to announce ICU4X 2.1, an update to our modular, portable, and secure i18n library.ICU4X is Unicode's modern, lightweight, portable, and secure i18n library....
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Unicode CLDR 48 available
Unicode CLDR 48 is now available and has been integrated into version 78 of ICU. Some of the most significant changes in this release are the following (for more detail, see the CLDR 48 release note...
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Introducing the Unicode Inflection Library Technical Preview Release
The problem of linguistic inflection has long been a barrier to effective software internationalization. The problem is even more visible today with multimodal UIs. In many languages, word forms change...
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UTC #185 Highlights
Unicode Technical Committee meeting #185 was held October 27 – 29 in Cupertino, CA, hosted by Apple. Here are some highlights.Starting the Unicode 18.0 cycleAs we've been following an annual September...
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Opening CLDR Survey Tool early for DDL locales
We are announcing an early submission window for the CLDR Survey Tool, exclusively for Digitally Disadvantaged Languages (DDLs). These include languages across the world that lack full digital support,...
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Unicode ICU 78.2 and CLDR 48.1 released
There are new maintenance releases of ICU and CLDR, with some small but significant changes. To find out more and to download these releases, go to: ICU 78.2 Release NoteCLDR 48.1 Release NoteCLDR and...
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Highlights from UTC Meeting #186
By: Peter Constable, Chair of the Unicode Technical CommitteeThe Unicode Technical Committee (UTC) met January 21 – 23 in Sunnyvale, CA. Thanks to Unicode member organization, Google, for hosting. Here...
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Unicode 18.0 Alpha review
Unicode 18.0 Alpha Review Opens for FeedbackBy: Peter Constable, Chair of the Unicode Technical CommitteeThe repertoire for Unicode Version 18.0 is now open for early review and comment. During alpha...
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UTS #58: Making URLs Readable for Humans: From %E0%A4%AE… to महात्मा
People around the world need to use their writing systems in URLs. This is important: in writing their native languages, the majority of humanity uses characters outside of A-Z, and they expect those...
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From Central Bank to Code Point: A Roadmap for Currency Symbol Implementation
In the past year, several new currency symbols have been proposed for encoding in the Unicode Standard:February 2025: The Saudi Central Bankannounced the creation of a new symbol for the Saudi...
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UTS #18: More Unicode Properties in Regular Expressions
Regular Expressions, or “Regex”, are the invisible workhorses of the digital world. Regex allows apps and computer systems to find, validate, and change text based on patterns rather than specific...
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Unicode ICU 78.3 and CLDR 48.2 released
Unicode® CLDR is the most widely used provider of locale data. It provides the essential building blocks that allow software to display dates, times, and currencies correctly in every language and...
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ICU4X 2.2 released!
The ICU4X Technical Committee is happy to announce ICU4X 2.2, an update to our modular, portable, and secure i18n library.ICU4X is Unicode's modern, lightweight, portable, and secure i18n library....
View ArticleUnicode Technology Workshop 2026: Call for Sessions Now Open!
For those interested in participating in and contributing to Unicode Technology Workshop 2026: Unicode in the World, the call for submissions of session and tutorial proposals is now open. If you work...
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Unicode CLDR 49: Submission open through June 2026
The Unicode® CLDR Survey Tool is open for submission for version 49 through June (see detailed schedule below). CLDR provides key building blocks for software to support the world's languages (dates,...
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