U+1A1A "ᨚ" Buginese Vowel Sign O Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+1A1A "ᨚ" Buginese Vowel Sign O is a combining diacritical mark used in the Lontara script, which is traditionally employed to write the Buginese, Makassarese, and Mandar languages of South Sulawesi, Indonesia. This character modifies a preceding consonant by representing the vowel sound "o," altering the syllable to include that specific vowel. It appears as a small hook or curl attached to the consonant glyph, functioning as a vital component in the script's abugida writing system where vowels are indicated by diacritics rather than independent letters. The inclusion of "ᨚ" in Unicode enables proper digital representation and preservation of the Buginese language, supporting cultural and linguistic heritage in modern computing environments.

General Properties

Code Point U+1A1A
Version Added 4.1
Name Buginese Vowel Sign O
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 0x9A
UTF-16 Encoding 0x1A1A
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00001A1A
C/C++/Java Escape \u1a1a

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 Right
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