U+1522 "ᔢ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Shwa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1522 "ᔢ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Shwa is a glyph used in the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics writing system, specifically representing a vowel sound in the Western Cree language, akin to the schwa or neutral vowel sound. This character is part of the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block in Unicode, which was encoded to support the diverse syllabic scripts developed by missionaries in the 19th century for Indigenous languages across Canada. Its inclusion in digital text ensures that the West-Cree dialect can be accurately written and preserved in modern computing environments, aiding in language revitalization efforts and cultural communication.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1522 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Shwa |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᔢ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᔢ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x94 0xA2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1522 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001522 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1522 |
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 |