U+16989 "𖦉" Bamum Letter Phase-E Ngkeuaem Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𖦉
U+16989 "𖦉" Bamum Letter Phase-E Ngkeuaem is a symbol from the Bamum script, an African writing system developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the Kingdom of Bamum, in present-day Cameroon. This specific letter belongs to Phase-E, a stage in the script's evolution where its inventor, King Njoya, refined the system to be more phonetic and accessible. The character represents a syllable or sound value within the Bamum language, which is used for communication and cultural preservation among the Bamum people. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that this historical script can be digitally represented and used in modern computing contexts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16989 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Phase-E Ngkeuaem |
| Block | Bamum Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖦉 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖦉 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xA6 0x89 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDD89 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016989 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\udd89 |