U+1569 "ᕩ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Thwaa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1569 "ᕩ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Thwaa is a glyph from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, representing a specific syllable sound in the Western Cree language, pronounced as "thwaa" and used to transcribe the phonetic combination of an interdental consonant with a vowel. This character is part of a writing system developed in the 19th century, primarily by missionary James Evans, to facilitate literacy among Indigenous communities. It appears in historical and contemporary texts for Cree, including language revitalization materials, and its inclusion in Unicode ensures digital preservation and accessibility across modern platforms, supporting the linguistic heritage of Canadian Aboriginal languages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1569 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Thwaa |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᕩ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᕩ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x95 0xA9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1569 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001569 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1569 |
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 |