U+07E7 "ߧ" NKo Letter Nya Woloso Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+07E7 "ߧ" NKo Letter Nya Woloso is a glyph from the NKo script, which was designed for writing the Manding languages of West Africa, such as Maninka, Bambara, and Dyula. This specific letter represents a palatal nasal consonant sound, similar to the "ny" in the English word "canyon," and is used in the Woloso variety of the Manding language. As part of the NKo block in Unicode, this character helps preserve and digitize a writing system that was created in 1949 by Solomana Kante to provide a standardized script for Manding speakers, promoting literacy and cultural identity.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+07E7 |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | NKo Letter Nya Woloso |
| Block | NKo |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ߧ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ߧ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xDF 0xA7 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x07E7 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000007E7 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u07e7 |