What 𖧚 means
In Phase-E Bamum, it marks the plural form of pa.
King Njoya began developing the Bamum script around 1896. Early designs used hundreds of signs as memory aids; later revisions simplified it into a syllabary, where each sign stands for a spoken syllable. Phase E is one of the older forms. Here, pa is a Latin-letter transcription of a Bamum syllable. Bamum texts included correspondence and calendars.
A 2021 proposal for Toki Pona, a constructed language, assigned 𖧚 to kulupu (“group” or “community”). That proposed value is separate from the historical Bamum reading.
Who writes 𖧚
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𖧚 show as a box?
The selected font may lack a glyph for this Bamum character. On Windows 11, Microsoft lists Segoe UI Historic for Bamum Supplement; otherwise, use a font that supports Bamum Supplement.
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How to type or find 𖧚
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- Bamum pa plural · Phase-E Bamum · Bamum script · Bamoun script · old Bamum · Shumom · Phase-G Bamum pa
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
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