U+2D50 "ⵐ" Tifinagh Letter Tuareg Yagn Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+2D50 "ⵐ" Tifinagh Letter Tuareg Yagn is a specific glyph used in the Tifinagh script to represent a consonant sound in the Tuareg language, a Berber language spoken primarily in the Sahara region by the Tuareg people. This letter is part of the Neo-Tifinagh alphabet, which was modernized for wider use in computing and digital communication, and it denotes a voiced uvular fricative or a similar guttural sound depending on the dialect. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard ensures that this ancient script, which has historical roots in North African rock art and inscriptions, can be accurately typed, displayed, and preserved across modern electronic platforms, supporting the linguistic and cultural heritage of the Tuareg community.

General Properties

Code Point U+2D50
Version Added 4.1
Name Tifinagh Letter Tuareg Yagn
Block Tifinagh
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ⵐ
HTML Hex Encoding ⵐ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE2 0xB5 0x90
UTF-16 Encoding 0x2D50
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00002D50
C/C++/Java Escape \u2d50

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Tifinagh
Script Extensions Tifinagh
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 OLetter