U+A5D9 "ꗙ" Vai Syllable Njo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꗙ
U+A5D9 "ꗙ" Vai Syllable Njo is part of the Vai syllabary, a writing system developed in the early 19th century by Momolu Duwalu Bukele for the Vai language spoken in Liberia and Sierra Leone. This specific character represents a syllable pronounced as "njo" and is used in written Vai to transcribe the corresponding sound in words and phrases. The Vai script, encoded in Unicode Block U+A500 to U+A62F, is one of the few indigenous African writing systems to be standardized for digital use, and it remains culturally significant for preserving and transmitting Vai language and oral traditions in West Africa.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A5D9 |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Vai Syllable Njo |
| Block | Vai |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꗙ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꗙ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x97 0x99 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA5D9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A5D9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua5d9 |