U+2CDE "Ⳟ" Coptic Capital Letter Old Nubian Ngi Unicode Character

U+2CDE "Ⳟ" Coptic Capital Letter Old Nubian Ngi is a symbol used in the Coptic script to represent a specific sound in the Old Nubian language, which was spoken in the medieval Christian kingdoms of Nubia along the Nile. This uppercase letter corresponds to a nasalized velar or uvular sound, often transliterated as "ng" or "ŋg," and was part of a specialized set of characters added to the Coptic alphabet to write Old Nubian texts. The character is classified under the Coptic script block in Unicode and is historically attested in manuscripts, including religious and legal documents, from the Nubian region dating primarily between the 8th and 15th centuries.