U+A5E3 "ꗣ" Vai Syllable Ngen Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+A5E3 "ꗣ" Vai Syllable Ngen is a glyph from the Vai script, a syllabary historically used to write the Vai language spoken in Liberia and Sierra Leone. This specific character represents the syllable "ngen", with its phonetic value consisting of the velar nasal consonant "ng" followed by the vowel "en" (a mid-front unrounded vowel). An important detail about this character is that it is categorized as a syllable block in the Vai syllabary, meaning it is part of a larger system of characters that each represent a distinct syllable rather than an individual letter or sound. The Vai script was invented in the early 1830s by Momolu Duwalu Bukele and is one of the few indigenous writing systems from Africa that has seen continued use into modern times for writing the Vai language, though its usage has declined due to the dominance of Latin script in education and literacy.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
ꗣ |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
ꗣ |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xEA 0x97 0xA3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xA5E3 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x0000A5E3 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ua5e3 |
Unicode Properties