U+18F5 "ᣵ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Dental S Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+18F5 "ᣵ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Dental S is a glyph used in the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics writing system, specifically representing a dental s sound in the Carrier language, also known as Dakelh, which is an Athabaskan language spoken in parts of British Columbia, Canada. This character belongs to the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics Unicode block, which was established to support the various syllabic scripts invented by missionary James Evans and adapted for multiple Indigenous languages across Canada. The dental s is distinguished by a specific diacritical mark or shape variation that indicates the sound is produced with the tongue against the teeth, contrasting with other sibilant sounds in the syllabary. While its usage is relatively rare and primarily historical or specialized, the character ensures that the orthography of Carrier preserves phonological distinctions important to the language's scholarly and cultural documentation.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
ᣵ |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
ᣵ |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE1 0xA3 0xB5 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x18F5 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x000018F5 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u18f5 |
Unicode Properties