U+AB2E "ꬮ" Ethiopic Syllable Bbo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꬮ
U+AB2E "ꬮ" Ethiopic Syllable Bbo is a character from the Ethiopic Extended-A block, used for writing the Gumuz language and certain other languages of Ethiopia. This syllable represents the sound "bbo" (a labial plosive with gemination), and it is formed by modifying the base Ethiopic consonant symbol for "b" with a diacritic or variant shape to indicate the doubled pronunciation. The character is part of a larger effort to encode the full phonetic repertoire of underrepresented Afroasiatic and Nilo-Saharan languages in the Unicode standard, enabling accurate digital representation and preservation of these writing systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AB2E |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Bbo |
| Block | Ethiopic Extended-A |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꬮ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꬮ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xAC 0xAE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAB2E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AB2E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uab2e |