U+1E922 "𞤢" Adlam Small Letter Alif Unicode Character

U+1E922 "𞤢" Adlam Small Letter Alif is a glyph from the Adlam script, a writing system created in the 1980s by two brothers from Guinea, Ibrahima and Abdoulaye Barry, specifically designed for the Fulani (Fulbe) language. As the first letter of the Adlam alphabet, this character represents a glottal stop or the vowel sound /a/ in initial position, functioning similarly to the Arabic letter alif but with a distinct, streamlined shape. It is part of a modern script that has gained widespread adoption in West Africa for writing Fulani, reflecting a blend of traditional Arabic calligraphic influences and a unique geometric simplicity tailored for digital and handwritten use.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1E922
Version Added	9.0
Name	Adlam Small Letter Alif
Block	Adlam
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Right To Left

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𞤢
HTML Hex Encoding	𞤢
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x9E 0xA4 0xA2
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD83A 0xDD22
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001E922
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud83a\udd22

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
Lowercase	Yes
Simple Uppercase Code Point	"𞤀" U+1E900 Adlam Capital Letter Alif
Simple Titlecase Code Point	"𞤀" U+1E900 Adlam Capital Letter Alif
Uppercase Code Point	"𞤀" U+1E900 Adlam Capital Letter Alif
Titlecase Code Point	"𞤀" U+1E900 Adlam Capital Letter Alif
Cased	Yes
Changes When Casemapped	Yes
Changes When Titlecased	Yes
Changes When Uppercased	Yes
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	Lower