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The ConScript Unicode Registry is a volunteer project to coordinate the assignment of code points in the Unicode Private Use Areas (PUA) for the encoding of artificial scripts , such as those for constructed languages . It was founded by John Cowan and was maintained by him and Michael Everson . It is not affiliated with the Unicode Consortium .

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2-634: The ConScript Unicode Registry is a volunteer project that was founded by John Cowan in the early 1990s. It is a joint project of John Cowan and Michael Everson. Historically, it was hosted on both Cowan and Everson's websites (branded as the North American and European sites, respectively); in 2002, the site was transitioned to be hosted exclusively on Everson's site. Since 2008, the ConScript Unicode Registry has been largely unmaintained; in 2008, Cowan explained that Everson

4-580: Was too busy to continue maintaining the project. Due to this inactivity, Rebecca Bettencourt founded the Under-ConScript Unicode Registry , aiming to coordinate code points for constructed languages until they can be formally added to the ConScript Unicode Registry. Scripts added to the Under-ConScript Unicode Registry include Sitelen Pona (for Toki Pona ) and Cirth . The CSUR and UCSUR include

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