U+1B91 "ᮑ" Sundanese Letter Nya Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+1B91 "ᮑ" Sundanese Letter Nya is a character used in the modern Sundanese script, which is indigenous to the Sundanese people of West Java, Indonesia. This specific letter represents the voiced palatal nasal sound, akin to the "ny" in the English word "canyon," and forms part of the basic consonantal inventory of the Sundanese writing system. Revived and standardized in the late 1990s, the Sundanese script and its letters like "ᮑ" serve to preserve and promote the Sundanese language in digital and printed media, reinforcing cultural identity.

General Properties

Code Point U+1B91
Version Added 5.1
Name Sundanese Letter Nya
Block Sundanese
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᮑ
HTML Hex Encoding ᮑ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0xAE 0x91
UTF-16 Encoding 0x1B91
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00001B91
C/C++/Java Escape \u1b91

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 Sundanese
Script Extensions Sundanese
Indic Syllabic Category Consonant
Indic Conjunct Break Consonant
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter