U+1495 "ᒕ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Cwi Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1495 "ᒕ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Cwi is a character in the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, representing a specific syllabic sound used in the writing systems of certain Indigenous languages in Canada, particularly the western dialects of Cree. This character is part of a script developed in the 19th century by missionary James Evans to facilitate literacy in Cree and other First Nations languages, and it corresponds to the phonetic value of "cwi" or a similar sound depending on the dialect. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that digital text can accurately represent the orthography of these languages, supporting preservation and modern communication for Cree-speaking communities.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1495 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Cwi |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᒕ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᒕ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x92 0x95 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1495 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001495 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1495 |
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 |