U+10495 "𐒕" Osmanya Letter Ya Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐒕
U+10495 "𐒕" Osmanya Letter Ya is the twenty-first letter of the Osmanya alphabet, a script created in the early 20th century by Osman Yusuf Kenadid for writing the Somali language. It represents the consonant sound /j/ (like the English "y" in "yes") and is used in the Osmanya orthography, which aimed to provide a native writing system for Somali before being largely supplanted by the Latin alphabet for official use. This character is part of the Osmanya block in Unicode and is written from left to right, reflecting the script's overall design based on Arabic and Latin influences.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+10495 |
| Version Added | 4.0 |
| Name | Osmanya Letter Ya |
| Block | Osmanya |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐒕 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐒕 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0x92 0x95 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD801 0xDC95 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00010495 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud801\udc95 |