U+15F4 "ᗴ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Ga Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+15F4 "ᗴ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Ga is a single glyph from the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, specifically representing the syllable "ga" in the Carrier language, which is spoken by the Dakelh people in British Columbia, Canada. This character is part of a writing system developed in the 19th century by missionary James Evans for indigenous languages, though the Carrier variant was later adapted by Father Adrien-Gabriel Morice, and its shape resembles a stylized, angular geometric form. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures digital preservation and accessibility for Carrier speakers and linguists, allowing for text representation, historical documentation, and modern communication in this endangered indigenous language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+15F4 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Carrier Ga |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᗴ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᗴ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x97 0xB4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x15F4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000015F4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u15f4 |
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 |