What 𖧕 means
A letter from an earlier stage of Bamum writing.
Bamum writing began around 1896 under King Ibrahim Njoya and palace collaborators. It served the Bamum language, history, and administration.
Early signs were pictographic memory aids. Phase E was an intermediate revision toward syllabic writing and was used for a Bible translation.
Is 𖧕 the modern Bamum letter A?
No. Keep the phase when transcribing it.
Comparison charts place 𖧕 in the Phase A–E row for the “a” vowel and ꚠ in Phase G. They are related forms, not interchangeable in Phase-E text.
Historical and specialist: it signals work with Bamum manuscripts, archives, or script history.
Who writes 𖧕
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𖧕 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find 𖧕
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- bamum · bamun · shumom · a-ka-u-ku · phase-e · old bamum · archaic bamum · 𖧕
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𖧕\169D5Codes and encoding1 code points
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