U+150F "ᔏ" Canadian Syllabics Naskapi Scwa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+150F "ᔏ" Canadian Syllabics Naskapi Scwa is a glyph from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, specifically used in the Naskapi writing system to represent a reduced vowel sound known as a schwa. This character encodes a distinct syllabic unit in the Naskapi language, which is an Indigenous language spoken by the Naskapi people in Quebec and Labrador, Canada. By being part of the Unicode standard, it ensures that this unique script can be accurately digitized and preserved, supporting linguistic and cultural heritage in modern computing environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+150F |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Naskapi Scwa |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᔏ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᔏ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x94 0x8F |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x150F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000150F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u150f |
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 |