U+1E90B "𞤋" Adlam Capital Letter I Unicode Character

U+1E90B "𞤋" Adlam Capital Letter I is a letter used in the Adlam script, which was created in the 1980s by the brothers Abdoulaye and Ibrahima Barry for writing the Fulani language (Fulfulde) across West Africa. This capital letter represents the vowel sound /i/ in the Adlam alphabet, which is written from right to left and is used in educational materials, literature, and digital communication to preserve and promote the Fulani cultural heritage. Its inclusion in Unicode, starting with version 9.0 in 2016, helps ensure that the Adlam script can be properly displayed and typed on computers and smartphones, supporting the language’s growing digital presence.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1E90B
Version Added	9.0
Name	Adlam Capital Letter I
Block	Adlam
General Category	Uppercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Right To Left

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𞤋
HTML Hex Encoding	𞤋
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x9E 0xA4 0x8B
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD83A 0xDD0B
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001E90B
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud83a\udd0b

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Joining Type	Dual Joining
Line Break	Alphabetic
Uppercase	Yes
Simple Lowercase Code Point	"𞤭" U+1E92D Adlam Small Letter I
Lowercase Code Point	"𞤭" U+1E92D Adlam Small Letter I
Simple Case Folding	"𞤭" U+1E92D Adlam Small Letter I
Case Folding	"𞤭" U+1E92D Adlam Small Letter I
Cased	Yes
Changes When Casefolded	Yes
Changes When Casemapped	Yes
Changes When Lowercased	Yes
Changes When NFKC Casefolded	Yes
NFKC Casefold	"𞤭" U+1E92D Adlam Small Letter I
NFKC Simple Casefold	"𞤭" U+1E92D Adlam Small Letter I
Script	Adlam
Script Extensions	Adlam
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
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	Upper