U+18EA "ᣪ" Canadian Syllabics Sayisi Shwe Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+18EA "ᣪ" Canadian Syllabics Sayisi Shwe is a glyph within the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, used historically for writing the Sayisi dialect of the Dene language, also known as the Sayisi Dene or Caribou-Eaters Chipewyan. This character represents a specific syllable sound, with its phonetic value corresponding to a consonant-vowel combination that is part of a writing system designed for the languages of the Indigenous peoples of Canada, primarily in the Subarctic region. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures digital preservation and accessibility for linguistic research and revitalization efforts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+18EA |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Sayisi Shwe |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics Extended |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᣪ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᣪ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xA3 0xAA |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x18EA |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000018EA |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u18ea |
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 |