U+1053F "𐔿" Caucasian Albanian Letter Inya Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐔿
U+1053F "𐔿" Caucasian Albanian Letter Inya is a glyph from the Unicode block for the Caucasian Albanian script, an ancient writing system used to record the Caucasian Albanian language, a now extinct Northeast Caucasian language once spoken in the region of present-day Azerbaijan and southern Russia. This specific letter, named Inya, represents a particular consonant sound in the Caucasian Albanian alphabet, which was deciphered primarily through medieval Armenian manuscripts and palimpsests found at Saint Catherine’s Monastery in Egypt. The inclusion of this character in Unicode allows for its digital representation and study, preserving a vital piece of the historical and linguistic heritage of the Caucasus region.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1053F |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Caucasian Albanian Letter Inya |
| Block | Caucasian Albanian |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐔿 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐔿 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0x94 0xBF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD801 0xDD3F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001053F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud801\udd3f |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Alphabetic |
| Script | Caucasian Albanian |
| Script Extensions | Caucasian Albanian |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| ID Start | Yes |
| XID Start | Yes |
| ID Continue | Yes |
| XID Continue | Yes |
| Alphabetic | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Alphabetic letter |
| Sentence Break | OLetter |