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This release upgrades the Unicode version to 16.0, which includes updated versions of the Unicode Character Database and Unicode Standard Annexes #9, #15, and #29:
- The `java.lang.Character` class supports the Unicode Character Database, which adds 5,185 characters, for a total of 154,998 characters. The new additions include seven new scripts:
- Garay is a modern-use script from West Africa.
- Gurung Khema, Kirat Rai, Ol Onal and Sunuwar are four modern-use scripts from Northeast India and Nepal.
- Todhri is an historic script used for Albanian.
- Tulu-Tigalari is an historic script from Southwest India.
- The `java.text.Bidi` and `java.text.Normalizer` classes support Unicode Standard Annexes, #9 and #15, respectively.
- The `java.util.regex` package supports Extended Grapheme Clusters based on the Unicode Standard Annex #29.
For more details about Unicode 16.0, refer to the [Unicode Consortium’s release note](https://unicode.org/versions/Unicode16.0.0/).
- The `java.lang.Character` class supports the Unicode Character Database, which adds 5,185 characters, for a total of 154,998 characters. The new additions include seven new scripts:
- Garay is a modern-use script from West Africa.
- Gurung Khema, Kirat Rai, Ol Onal and Sunuwar are four modern-use scripts from Northeast India and Nepal.
- Todhri is an historic script used for Albanian.
- Tulu-Tigalari is an historic script from Southwest India.
- The `java.text.Bidi` and `java.text.Normalizer` classes support Unicode Standard Annexes, #9 and #15, respectively.
- The `java.util.regex` package supports Extended Grapheme Clusters based on the Unicode Standard Annex #29.
For more details about Unicode 16.0, refer to the [Unicode Consortium’s release note](https://unicode.org/versions/Unicode16.0.0/).