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