U+15BA "ᖺ" Canadian Syllabics Blackfoot No Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+15BA "ᖺ" Canadian Syllabics Blackfoot No is a specific glyph within the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, used to represent the syllable "no" in the Blackfoot language. This character is part of a writing system developed for Indigenous languages in Canada, particularly adapted from the original Cree syllabary to suit Blackfoot phonetics. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that the Blackfoot language can be accurately typed and displayed across digital platforms, supporting language preservation and modern communication for the Blackfoot community.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+15BA |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Blackfoot No |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᖺ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᖺ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x96 0xBA |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x15BA |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000015BA |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u15ba |
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 |