U+A6A0 "ꚠ" Bamum Letter A Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+A6A0 "ꚠ" Bamum Letter A is a typographic symbol from the Bamum script, a writing system originally developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries for the Bamum language spoken in Cameroon. This character represents the first syllable or sound in the script, akin to the letter "A" in Latin alphabets, and it was part of a major reform of the Bamum writing system undertaken by King Njoya and his scribes. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures the digital preservation and accessibility of this historically significant African script for modern documentation and communication.
General Properties
Code Point
U+A6A0
Name
Bamum Letter A
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ꚠ
HTML Hex Encoding
ꚠ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xEA 0x9A 0xA0
UTF-16 Encoding
0xA6A0
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000A6A0
C/C++/Java Escape
\ua6a0
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Bamum