U+16980 "𖦀" Bamum Letter Phase-E Ngoq Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𖦀
U+16980 "𖦀" Bamum Letter Phase-E Ngoq is a specific glyph from the Bamum script, an indigenous writing system developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries for the Bamum language of Cameroon. This character belongs to Phase E of the script's historical evolution, representing a later stage of simplification and standardization under the direction of King Njoya and his scribes. The letter itself corresponds to the sound "ngoq" and, like all Bamum characters, it serves to preserve the linguistic and cultural heritage of the Bamum people, having been encoded in Unicode to facilitate digital use and study.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16980 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Phase-E Ngoq |
| Block | Bamum Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖦀 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖦀 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xA6 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDD80 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016980 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\udd80 |