U+2CA8 "Ⲩ" Coptic Capital Letter Ua Unicode Character

U+2CA8 "Ⲩ" Coptic Capital Letter Ua is a letter used in the Coptic alphabet, which was employed for writing the Coptic language, the final stage of ancient Egyptian written in a script derived from the Greek alphabet with added letters from Demotic. This particular character represents a vowel sound, often transcribed as "u" or "ou," and is the capital form of the letter, typically used at the beginning of words or in specialized contexts, while its lowercase counterpart is U+2CA9. The character belongs to the Coptic block in Unicode, which was added to support the liturgical and scholarly study of Coptic texts, particularly those of the Coptic Orthodox Church.