U+1E2C8 "𞋈" Wancho Letter La Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𞋈
U+1E2C8 "𞋈" Wancho Letter La is a symbol from the Wancho script, which was specifically designed for the Wancho language spoken by the Wancho Naga people in the northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. This character represents the consonant sound "la" and is part of a modern orthography developed in the early 21st century to preserve and promote the language. It was added to the Unicode Standard in 2019 with the release of version 12.0, placed in the Wancho block alongside other characters that enable written communication for a community with a long oral tradition. The letter contributes to efforts in revitalizing the Wancho language through education and digital representation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1E2C8 |
| Version Added | 12.0 |
| Name | Wancho Letter La |
| Block | Wancho |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𞋈 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𞋈 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9E 0x8B 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD838 0xDEC8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001E2C8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud838\udec8 |