U+1504 "ᔄ" Canadian Syllabics Naskapi Swaa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1504 "ᔄ" Canadian Syllabics Naskapi Swaa is a glyph within the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, specifically used to represent the sound "swaa" in the Naskapi language, an Algonquian language spoken by the Naskapi people in Quebec and Labrador, Canada. This character is part of a writing system that was adapted by missionaries and linguists in the 19th century to transcribe various Indigenous languages, and its shape combines a base orientation for a syllable with a specific rotation or diacritic to indicate the vowel "aa" and the consonant cluster "sw". By encoding this character, Unicode helps preserve digital accessibility for Naskapi texts, supporting cultural heritage and modern communication in the language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1504 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Naskapi Swaa |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᔄ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᔄ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x94 0x84 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1504 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001504 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1504 |
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 |