U+15C9 "ᗉ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Gha Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+15C9 "ᗉ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Gha is a glyph from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, specifically representing a syllable used in the Carrier language, an Athabaskan language spoken by the Dakelh people in British Columbia, Canada. This character encodes a sound that typically corresponds to the voiced velar fricative or a related consonantal element, distinguished visually by its distinctive angular shape that resembles a rotated or stylized form within the syllabary system. Its inclusion in Unicode supports digital preservation and writing of Indigenous languages, aiding in cultural and linguistic continuity for the Carrier community.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+15C9 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Carrier Gha |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᗉ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᗉ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x97 0x89 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x15C9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000015C9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u15c9 |
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 |