U+1599 "ᖙ" Canadian Syllabics Sayisi Sho Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᖙ
U+1599 "ᖙ" Canadian Syllabics Sayisi Sho is a glyph within the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, specifically representing a consonant sound from the Dene or Athabaskan language family, notably used in the Sayisi Dene dialect. This character is part of a writing system developed in the 19th century by missionaries to transcribe Indigenous languages across Canada, and it corresponds to a voiced or voiceless fricative sound, often transliterated as "sho" or "sh" in English contexts. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures digital preservation and accessibility for linguists, educators, and Indigenous communities working to maintain and revitalize their linguistic heritage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1599 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Sayisi Sho |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᖙ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᖙ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x96 0x99 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1599 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001599 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1599 |
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 |