U+1673 "ᙳ" Canadian Syllabics Nngo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᙳ
U+1673 "ᙳ" Canadian Syllabics Nngo is a character from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, specifically representing the sound "nngo" used in the Inuktitut writing system. This character is part of a larger script developed in the 19th century by missionary James Evans for Indigenous languages in Canada, and it features a distinctive looped and angled shape that reflects the syllabic structure of the language. In practice, "ᙳ" appears in written Inuktitut to denote a velar nasal consonant with a rounded vowel component, playing a key role in accurately transcribing spoken vocabulary for communities across the Arctic regions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1673 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Nngo |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᙳ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᙳ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x99 0xB3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1673 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001673 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1673 |
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 |