U+16AD5 "𖫕" Bassa Vah Letter Yie Unicode Character

U+16AD5 "𖫕" Bassa Vah Letter Yie is a glyph from the Bassa Vah script, an alphasyllabary historically used to write the Bassa language of Liberia and Sierra Leone. This character represents the syllable or sound "yie" within that writing system, which was developed in the early 20th century but has roots in older indigenous traditions. The Bassa Vah script, encoded in Unicode’s Supplementary Multilingual Plane, is part of efforts to preserve and digitally support the linguistic heritage of the Bassa people, and the Letter Yie is one of over 30 consonants or syllabic signs that combine with inherent vowels to form the script’s written communication.