U+14BF "ᒿ" Canadian Syllabics Sayisi M Unicode Character

U+14BF "ᒿ" Canadian Syllabics Sayisi M is part of the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, representing a specific syllabic script used for writing certain Indigenous languages in Canada, particularly Inuktitut and Cree dialects. This character denotes the sound "sayisi m," which corresponds to a voiced bilabial nasal consonant followed by a specific vowel quality within the Sayisi dialect of the Dene language family, historically spoken in northern Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Its inclusion in Unicode supports the digital preservation and accurate representation of this endangered linguistic tradition, allowing for proper text rendering in modern computing systems.

General Properties

Code Point	U+14BF
Version Added	3.0
Name	Canadian Syllabics Sayisi M
Block	Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ᒿ
HTML Hex Encoding	ᒿ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0x92 0xBF
UTF-16 Encoding	0x14BF
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000014BF
C/C++/Java Escape	\u14bf

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