diff --git a/icu4j/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/test/lang/TestUScript.java b/icu4j/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/test/lang/TestUScript.java
index f88b60d1e9..dfd3d9436d 100755
--- a/icu4j/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/test/lang/TestUScript.java
+++ b/icu4j/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/test/lang/TestUScript.java
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 package com.ibm.icu.dev.test.lang;
 
 import com.ibm.icu.lang.UScript;
+import com.ibm.icu.lang.UScriptRun;
+import com.ibm.icu.text.Transliterator;
+import com.ibm.icu.text.UnicodeSet;
 import com.ibm.icu.dev.test.TestFmwk;
 import java.util.Locale;
 
@@ -268,13 +271,46 @@ public class TestUScript extends TestFmwk{
     }
     public void TestAllCodepoints(){
     	int code;
+        String oldId="";
+        String oldAbbrId="";
     	for( int i =0; i <= 0x10ffff; i++){
     		code =UScript.INVALID_CODE;
     		code = UScript.getScript(i);
     		if(code==UScript.INVALID_CODE){
     			errln("UScript.getScript for codepoint 0x"+ hex(i)+" failed");
     		}
+            String id =UScript.getName(code);
+            String abbr = UScript.getShortName(code);
+            String newId ="[:"+id+":];NFD";
+            String newAbbrId ="[:"+abbr+":];NFD";
+            if(!oldId.equals(newId)){
+                try{
+                    Transliterator t = Transliterator.getInstance(newId);
+                    if(t==null){
+                         errln("Failed to create transliterator for "+hex(i)+
+                         " script code: " +id);
+                    }
+                }catch(Exception e){
+                    errln("Failed to create transliterator for "+hex(i)
+                            +" script code: " +id
+                            + " Exception: "+e.getMessage());
+                }
+            }
+            oldId = newId;
+            if(!oldAbbrId.equals(newAbbrId)){
+                try{
+                    Transliterator t = Transliterator.getInstance(newAbbrId);
+                    if(t==null){
+                         errln("Failed to create transliterator for "+hex(i)+
+                         " script code: " +abbr);
+                    }
+                }catch(Exception e){
+                    errln("Failed to create transliterator for "+hex(i)
+                            +" script code: " +abbr
+                            + " Exception: "+e.getMessage());
+                }
+            }
+            oldAbbrId = newAbbrId;
     	}
-    }
-    	
+    }    	
  }
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