U+07F5 "ߵ" NKo Low Tone Apostrophe Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+07F5 "ߵ" NKo Low Tone Apostrophe is a diacritical mark used in the NKo script, which was created for writing the Maninka, Bambara, and Dyula languages of West Africa. This specific character indicates a low tone on a preceding vowel or syllable, playing a crucial role in distinguishing meaning and pronunciation in these tonal languages. It appears as a small, raised apostrophe-like glyph placed after the affected character, helping to ensure accurate transcription and reading in NKo texts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+07F5 |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | NKo Low Tone Apostrophe |
| Block | NKo |
| General Category | Modifier Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ߵ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ߵ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xDF 0xB5 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x07F5 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000007F5 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u07f5 |