U+1460 "ᑠ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Twoo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1460 "ᑠ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Twoo is a glyph from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, specifically representing a syllable in the Western Cree language, where it denotes the sound "twoo" as part of the writing system developed for Indigenous languages in Canada. This character is used in the transcription of Cree, an Algonquian language, and its shape is derived from the traditional syllabic script created by missionary James Evans in the 19th century, which adapted geometric forms to represent consonant vowel combinations. As a standardized digital character, it ensures the preservation and accurate rendering of West Cree text in modern computing environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1460 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Twoo |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᑠ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᑠ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x91 0xA0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1460 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001460 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1460 |
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 |