U+2D57 "ⵗ" Tifinagh Letter Tuareg Yagh Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ⵗ
U+2D57 "ⵗ" Tifinagh Letter Tuareg Yagh is a glyph from the Tifinagh script, specifically used to represent a voiced velar fricative or similar guttural sound in the Tuareg languages, which are part of the Berber language family spoken across the Sahel and Sahara. This letter belongs to the Neo-Tifinagh variant, adapted for modern digital use and included in the Unicode standard to support the preservation and writing of Tuareg cultural heritage. Its shape resembles a stylized loop with a tail, distinguishing it from other Tifinagh characters, and it is employed in educational materials, signage, and digital communications among Tuareg communities, notably in Niger, Mali, and Algeria.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2D57 |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Tifinagh Letter Tuareg Yagh |
| Block | Tifinagh |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⵗ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⵗ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0xB5 0x97 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2D57 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002D57 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2d57 |