U+1B9A "ᮚ" Sundanese Letter Ya Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1B9A "ᮚ" Sundanese Letter Ya is a character from the Sundanese script, which is used to write the Sundanese language primarily spoken in the western part of Java, Indonesia. It represents the consonant sound /j/, similar to the English letter Y in "yes," and is part of a modern revival of the traditional Sundanese writing system, which was historically replaced by Latin script but has been reintroduced in digital encoding. This character is classified in the Unicode standard under the Sundanese block, supporting the preservation and digital communication of Sundanese linguistic and cultural heritage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1B9A |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Sundanese Letter Ya |
| Block | Sundanese |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᮚ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᮚ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xAE 0x9A |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1B9A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001B9A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1b9a |