U+2D35 "ⴵ" Tifinagh Letter Berber Academy Yaj Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+2D35 "ⴵ" Tifinagh Letter Berber Academy Yaj is a symbol from the Tifinagh script, used by the Berber Academy to represent the sound often transcribed as "y" or a palatal approximant in the Berber languages of North Africa. This specific letter, known as Yaj, is part of the Neo-Tifinagh alphabet, which was established by the Berber Academy to standardize and revive the ancient script for modern usage. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that digital text can accurately represent this linguistic element, supporting efforts to preserve and promote Berber cultural identity across Algeria, Morocco, and other regions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2D35 |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Tifinagh Letter Berber Academy Yaj |
| Block | Tifinagh |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⴵ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⴵ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0xB4 0xB5 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2D35 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002D35 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2d35 |