U+1987 "ᦇ" New Tai Lue Letter Low Nga Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+1987 "ᦇ" New Tai Lue Letter Low Nga is a script character used in the New Tai Lue alphabet, which is employed to write the Tai Lü language primarily spoken by the Dai people in southern China, Laos, Myanmar, and Thailand. It represents a voiced velar nasal sound, similar to the "ng" in the English word "sing," and is classified as a "low" tone class consonant within the tonal system of the language. This character is part of the New Tai Lue block that was added to the Unicode Standard in 2003, reflecting a reform of the traditional Tai Lue script to simplify its orthography and improve consistency for modern use.
General Properties
Code Point
U+1987
Name
New Tai Lue Letter Low Nga
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ᦇ
HTML Hex Encoding
ᦇ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE1 0xA6 0x87
UTF-16 Encoding
0x1987
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00001987
C/C++/Java Escape
\u1987
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
New Tai Lue