U+1464 "ᑤ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Twaa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1464 "ᑤ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Twaa is part of the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, representing a specific syllabic sound used in the writing systems of Indigenous languages, particularly in the Western Cree dialect. This character denotes the syllable "twaa" and is composed of a distinct geometric shape that reflects the script's design principles, which were developed in the 19th century by missionary James Evans to transcribe the sounds of Cree and other Algonquian languages. It plays a practical role in preserving and communicating the phonetic nuances of West-Cree, supporting literacy and cultural continuity among speakers of these languages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1464 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Twaa |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᑤ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᑤ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x91 0xA4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1464 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001464 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1464 |
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 |