U+1448 "ᑈ" Canadian Syllabics Y-Cree Pwaa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᑈ
U+1448 "ᑈ" Canadian Syllabics Y-Cree Pwaa is a specific glyph in the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, representing a syllabic sound in the Cree language, specifically the "pwaa" syllable with a "y" series form. This character is part of a writing system developed in the 19th century by missionary James Evans to transcribe Indigenous languages like Cree, Ojibwe, and Inuktitut, using rotated and modified shapes to denote different consonants and vowel values. In standard usage, "ᑈ" denotes a syllable pronounced with a "p" sound followed by a "waa" vowel, contributing to the accurate written representation of these languages for cultural preservation and communication.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1448 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Y-Cree Pwaa |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᑈ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᑈ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x91 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1448 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001448 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1448 |
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 | Canadian Aboriginal |
| Script Extensions | Canadian Aboriginal |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| ID Start | Yes |
| XID Start | Yes |
| ID Continue | Yes |
| XID Continue | Yes |
| Alphabetic | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Upright |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Alphabetic letter |
| Sentence Break | OLetter |