U+16987 "𖦇" Bamum Letter Phase-E Mgba Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𖦇
U+16987 "𖦇" Bamum Letter Phase-E Mgba is a glyph belonging to the Bamum script, which was developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries for writing the Bamum language of the Bamum people in present day Cameroon. This specific character is part of Phase E, the final stage of the script's evolution under the patronage of King Ibrahim Njoya, who simplified the original complex syllabary into a more manageable alphabet. The letter "Mgba" represents a specific syllable or sound in the Bamum phonetic inventory, contributing to the modern written form of the language. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures that this historically significant script can be digitally preserved, typed, and displayed across modern computing platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16987 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Phase-E Mgba |
| Block | Bamum Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖦇 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖦇 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xA6 0x87 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDD87 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016987 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\udd87 |