U+1A19 "ᨙ" Buginese Vowel Sign E Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+1A19 "ᨙ" Buginese Vowel Sign E is a combining diacritical mark used in the Lontara script of the Buginese language of Sulawesi, Indonesia. It modifies a base consonant character to represent the vowel sound /e/, appearing as a small mark placed above or to the left of the consonant. This sign is essential for writing Buginese text properly, as the script is an abugida where vowels are indicated by these diacritics rather than standalone letters. The character belongs to the Buginese Unicode block and supports the accurate representation of literature, historical records, and modern communication in the Buginese language.

General Properties

Code Point U+1A19
Version Added 4.1
Name Buginese Vowel Sign E
Block Buginese
General Category Spacing Mark
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᨙ
HTML Hex Encoding ᨙ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0xA8 0x99
UTF-16 Encoding 0x1A19
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00001A19
C/C++/Java Escape \u1a19

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 Combining Mark
Script Buginese
Script Extensions Buginese
Indic Syllabic Category Vowel Dependent
Indic Positional Category Left
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Other Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Spacing Mark
Word Break Extend
Sentence Break Extend