U+08C4 "ࣄ" Arabic Letter African Qaf with Three Dots Above Unicode Character

U+08C4 "ࣄ" Arabic Letter African Qaf with Three Dots Above is a specialized Arabic script character used in certain West African languages, such as Hausa, Fulfulde, and Songhay, to represent a distinct velar or uvular stop sound that differs from the standard Arabic qaf (ق). This letter extends the Arabic script to accommodate phonetic features unique to Sub-Saharan African languages, where the three dots above the base qaf shape indicate a modified pronunciation, often resembling a voiceless or ejective variant. It belongs to the Arabic Extended-B block and facilitates accurate orthographic representation in Islamic and scholarly texts across the Sahel region, helping to preserve linguistic diversity while maintaining the visual integrity of the Arabic writing system.