U+129A "ኚ" Ethiopic Syllable Nyi Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+129A "ኚ" Ethiopic Syllable Nyi is a character in the Ethiopic script used for writing languages like Amharic and Tigrinya. It represents the syllable "nyi," combining a nasal palatal consonant sound similar to the "ny" in "canyon" with the vowel "i." This character belongs to the Ethiopic block of Unicode and is part of a larger set of syllabic symbols that are essential for accurately representing the phonetic structure of Ethiopian Semitic languages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+129A |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Nyi |
| Block | Ethiopic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ኚ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ኚ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x8A 0x9A |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x129A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000129A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u129a |