U+18E2 "ᣢ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Laa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+18E2 "ᣢ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Laa is a letter in the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, used to represent a specific sound in the Western Cree dialect of the Algonquian language family. This character corresponds to the syllable "laa," where the vertical orientation and form distinguish it from other syllabics in the script, reflecting the phonetic nuances of West Cree orthography. It is part of a writing system developed in the 19th century for Indigenous languages in Canada, and its inclusion in Unicode ensures digital preservation and accessibility for Cree speakers and linguists working with this endangered language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+18E2 |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Laa |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics Extended |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᣢ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᣢ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xA3 0xA2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x18E2 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000018E2 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u18e2 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Alphabetic |
| Script | Canadian Aboriginal |
| Script Extensions | Canadian Aboriginal |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| ID Start | Yes |
| XID Start | Yes |
| ID Continue | Yes |
| XID Continue | Yes |
| Alphabetic | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Upright |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Alphabetic letter |
| Sentence Break | OLetter |