U+16A0A "𖨊" Bamum Letter Phase-F La Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𖨊
U+16A0A "𖨊" Bamum Letter Phase-F La is a glyph from the Bamum script, an indigenous writing system developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in what is now Cameroon, specifically created by King Ibrahim Njoya and his scribes. This character represents the syllable "la" and belongs to the Phase-F stage of the script's evolution, which streamlined earlier, more complex versions of the alphabet into a simpler and more practical form. As part of the Bamum Unicode block, it is used to preserve and digitally encode the language and cultural heritage of the Bamum people, allowing for modern communication and historical documentation of this unique African writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16A0A |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Phase-F La |
| Block | Bamum Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖨊 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖨊 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xA8 0x8A |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDE0A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016A0A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\ude0a |