U+07DF "ߟ" NKo Letter La Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+07DF "ߟ" NKo Letter La is a consonant in the NKo script, which was invented in 1949 by Solomana Kante for writing the Manding languages of West Africa, including Maninka, Bambara, and Dyula. This character represents the sound /la/ and is used in a right-to-left writing system that has gained recognition for resisting Latin and Arabic script influences. The NKo letter La, like all characters in its alphabet, is distinguished by its unique horizontal orientation and curved strokes, contributing to the script's effort to preserve Manding linguistic heritage in digital and printed media.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+07DF |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | NKo Letter La |
| Block | NKo |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ߟ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ߟ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xDF 0x9F |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x07DF |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000007DF |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u07df |