U+150A "ᔊ" Canadian Syllabics Naskapi Skw Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+150A "ᔊ" Canadian Syllabics Naskapi Skw is a glyph from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, designed specifically for writing the Naskapi language, an indigenous language spoken in Quebec and Labrador, Canada. This character represents the sound "skw" and is part of a script that visually combines consonant and vowel elements into a single syllabic unit, reflecting the structural logic of the writing system developed by missionaries and adapted by Cree and Innu communities. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures that digital text can accurately preserve and transmit this unique linguistic and cultural heritage for modern communication and documentation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+150A |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Naskapi Skw |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᔊ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᔊ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x94 0x8A |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x150A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000150A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u150a |
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 |