U+1488 "ᒈ" Canadian Syllabics South-Slavey Kah Unicode Character
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U+1488 "ᒈ" Canadian Syllabics South-Slavey Kah is a glyph used in the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics writing system, specifically representing a syllable in the South Slavey language, which is an Athabaskan language spoken in parts of Canada's Northwest Territories and Alberta. This character denotes the sound "kah" and forms part of a script developed in the 19th century by missionaries to transcribe Indigenous languages, with this particular variant tailored to the phonetic needs of the South Slavey dialect. As a Unicode-encoded symbol, U+1488 ensures digital preservation and interoperability for texts in languages that rely on this syllabic system, supporting cultural and linguistic documentation in modern technology.
General Properties
Code Point
U+1488
Name
Canadian Syllabics South-Slavey Kah
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ᒈ
HTML Hex Encoding
ᒈ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE1 0x92 0x88
UTF-16 Encoding
0x1488
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00001488
C/C++/Java Escape
\u1488
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Canadian Aboriginal