U+1A17 "ᨗ" Buginese Vowel Sign I Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1A17 "ᨗ" Buginese Vowel Sign I is a combining diacritical mark used in the Buginese script, which is traditionally employed to write the Buginese and Makassar languages of South Sulawesi, Indonesia. This specific sign is placed above a consonant character to indicate the vowel sound [i], altering the inherent vowel of the base consonant from a default [a] to a distinct [i] pronunciation. As a combining mark, it is designed to visually attach to a preceding consonant in the Buginese writing system, which is categorized within the Unicode 6.0 standard under the Buginese block.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1A17 |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Buginese Vowel Sign I |
| Block | Buginese |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Above |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᨗ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᨗ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xA8 0x97 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1A17 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001A17 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1a17 |