U+2CDF "" Coptic Small Letter Old Nubian Ngi Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Sans Coptic Source: Browser Default

U+2CDF "" Coptic Small Letter Old Nubian Ngi is a glyph used in the Coptic script to represent a specific phoneme from the Old Nubian language, which was spoken in medieval Nubia along the Nile River. This character corresponds to a sound similar to the English "ng" as in "sing" and is part of a set of additional letters created to adapt the Greek-derived Coptic alphabet for writing Old Nubian texts, often found in religious and legal manuscripts. Its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve and digitally represent this historical writing system, allowing scholars and enthusiasts to accurately display and study ancient Nubian literature and inscriptions.

General Properties

Code Point
U+2CDF
Name
Coptic Small Letter Old Nubian Ngi

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
ⳟ
HTML Hex Encoding
ⳟ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE2 0xB3 0x9F
UTF-16 Encoding
0x2CDF
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00002CDF
C/C++/Java Escape
\u2cdf