U+1499 "ᒙ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Cwo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᒙ
U+1499 "ᒙ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Cwo is a glyph used in the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, representing a specific syllabic sound in the Western Cree language, namely the syllable "cwo." This character is part of a writing system developed for Indigenous languages in Canada, where each character typically encodes a consonant-vowel combination, and it utilizes a distinct shape with a left-angled top and a central vertical stroke to denote its phonetic value. Its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve and digitally represent the linguistic heritage of West-Cree speakers, ensuring accurate text processing and communication in that language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1499 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Cwo |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᒙ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᒙ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x92 0x99 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1499 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001499 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1499 |
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 |