U+A800 "ꠀ" Syloti Nagri Letter A Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꠀ
U+A800 "ꠀ" Syloti Nagri Letter A is the first letter of the Syloti Nagri script, an abugida historically used to write the Sylheti language, primarily spoken in the Sylhet region of Bangladesh and parts of Assam, India. This character represents the inherent vowel sound /a/ and serves as a foundational grapheme in the script, which was developed in the 14th century but fell into decline by the 20th century before undergoing modern revival efforts. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures digital preservation and enables text processing, facilitating the continued use and study of this endangered writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A800 |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Syloti Nagri Letter A |
| Block | Syloti Nagri |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꠀ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꠀ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xA0 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA800 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A800 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua800 |