U+2D4D "ⵍ" Tifinagh Letter Yal Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ⵍ
U+2D4D "ⵍ" Tifinagh Letter Yal is a standardized glyph used in the modern Tifinagh script to represent a voiced velar lateral approximant sound, similar to the "l" in the English word "light." It is employed primarily for writing the Tuareg languages, such as Tamasheq, along with other Berber languages across North Africa, and forms part of the Unicode Tifinagh block. This character contributes to preserving and digitizing indigenous scripts, enabling consistent text rendering in digital environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2D4D |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Tifinagh Letter Yal |
| Block | Tifinagh |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⵍ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⵍ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0xB5 0x8D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2D4D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002D4D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2d4d |