U+A6A8 "ꚨ" Bamum Letter Nyi Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꚨ
U+A6A8 "ꚨ" Bamum Letter Nyi is a glyph from the Bamum script, which was historically used to write the Bamum language of Cameroon. This specific character represents the syllable or sound "nyi" and belongs to a syllabary system originally developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by King Njoya of the Bamum people. The script underwent several stages of simplification over time, with this letter being part of a reformed cursive shorthand known as A-ka-u-ku. Today, the Bamum script, including this character, is supported in modern digital encoding for the preservation and revival of the language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A6A8 |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Nyi |
| Block | Bamum |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꚨ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꚨ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x9A 0xA8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA6A8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A6A8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua6a8 |