U+A54B "ꕋ" Vai Syllable Ngan Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꕋ
U+A54B "ꕋ" Vai Syllable Ngan is a glyph from the Vai syllabary, a writing system historically used for the Vai language spoken in Liberia and Sierra Leone. This character represents the syllable "ngan," and its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve and digitally support the Vai script, which was developed in the 1830s by Momolu Duwalu Bukele. As part of the Vai block in Unicode, it enables modern text processing and communication for the Vai language, contributing to the broader effort of documenting and revitalizing indigenous writing systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A54B |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Vai Syllable Ngan |
| Block | Vai |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꕋ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꕋ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x95 0x8B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA54B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A54B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua54b |