U+169BF "𖦿" Bamum Letter Phase-E Nggeuae Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𖦿
U+169BF "𖦿" Bamum Letter Phase-E Nggeuae is a glyph belonging to the Bamum script, which was developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in what is now Cameroon. This specific character represents a syllable from the Phase-E stage of the script's evolution, which featured a streamlined alphabet devised by King Njoya and his scribes. The letter "Nggeuae" corresponds to a particular sound in the Bamum language, and its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve and digitally encode this unique West African writing system for modern use.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+169BF |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Phase-E Nggeuae |
| Block | Bamum Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖦿 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖦿 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xA6 0xBF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDDBF |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000169BF |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\uddbf |