U+07EA "ߪ" NKo Letter Jona Ra Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+07EA "ߪ" NKo Letter Jona Ra is a glyph used in the NKo script, which was designed for writing the Manding languages of West Africa, such as Mandinka, Bambara, and Dyula. This specific character represents a distinct consonant sound in the NKo alphabet, functioning as a variant of the letter "Ra" that is typically employed for transliterating foreign words or certain loanwords, helping to preserve the phonetic accuracy of non-native terms. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard supports the digital representation and preservation of the NKo script, enabling proper text processing and communication in these languages across modern computing platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+07EA |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | NKo Letter Jona Ra |
| Block | NKo |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ߪ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ߪ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xDF 0xAA |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x07EA |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000007EA |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u07ea |