U+15B0 "ᖰ" Canadian Syllabics Blackfoot E Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᖰ
U+15B0 "ᖰ" Canadian Syllabics Blackfoot E is a glyph used in the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics writing system to represent a specific sound in the Blackfoot language. This character falls within the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, which was added to the Unicode Standard to support the diverse indigenous languages of Canada, such as Cree, Ojibwe, Inuktitut, and Blackfoot. In the context of Blackfoot orthography, "ᖰ" denotes a vowel sound similar to a short "e" and is essential for accurate written representation of the language, which has been increasingly revitalized through digital communication and educational resources.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+15B0 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Blackfoot E |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᖰ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᖰ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x96 0xB0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x15B0 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000015B0 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u15b0 |
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 |