U+2D58 "ⵘ" Tifinagh Letter Ayer Yagh Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+2D58 "ⵘ" Tifinagh Letter Ayer Yagh is a symbol from the Tifinagh script, which is used to write the Tuareg languages, particularly the Ayer dialect of Niger. This character represents a voiced uvular fricative consonant sound, similar to the French or German "r" pronounced at the back of the throat, and is part of the Neo-Tifinagh alphabet that is increasingly utilized in modern Berber language education and digital communication. The letter's inclusion in Unicode helps preserve and promote the cultural heritage of the Tuareg people by enabling its use in electronic texts and software.

General Properties

Code Point U+2D58
Version Added 4.1
Name Tifinagh Letter Ayer Yagh
Block Tifinagh
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ⵘ
HTML Hex Encoding ⵘ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE2 0xB5 0x98
UTF-16 Encoding 0x2D58
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00002D58
C/C++/Java Escape \u2d58

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