U+07EF "߯" NKo Combining Long High Tone Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+07EF "߯" NKo Combining Long High Tone is a combining diacritical mark used in the NKo script, which was created in 1949 for writing the Manding languages of West Africa, such as Maninka. This specific character modifies a base consonant or vowel to indicate a long, high tonal quality, an essential feature for distinguishing meaning in tonal languages. It appears as a small, slanted line placed above the letter it accompanies, and its inclusion in Unicode ensures proper digital representation and preservation of the NKo writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+07EF |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | NKo Combining Long High Tone |
| Block | NKo |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Above |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ߯ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ߯ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xDF 0xAF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x07EF |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000007EF |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u07ef |