U+15EE "ᗮ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier P Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+15EE "ᗮ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier P is a glyph from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, specifically representing the syllable "p" in the Carrier language, also known as Dakelh, spoken by the Carrier people in central British Columbia, Canada. This character is part of a writing system developed by missionaries in the 19th century, adapted from Cree syllabics, to transcribe the Carrier language's distinct phonetic inventory. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures digital preservation and modern text processing support for a historically oral language that continues to be revitalized through educational and community efforts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+15EE |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Carrier P |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᗮ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᗮ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x97 0xAE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x15EE |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000015EE |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u15ee |
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 |