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wancho letter nya

Wancho Letter Nya

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𞋩 is Wancho Nya, a consonant for the nasal “ny” sound. Teacher Banwang Losu developed the script from 2001 to 2012 because Latin spelling missed Wancho sounds and tones.

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What 𞋩 means

It represents the palatal nasal [ɲ]. Spanish ñ in mañana is an example; raise the middle of your tongue toward the roof of your mouth.

Does the letter change across Wancho varieties?

The letters are shared; tone marks vary by variety. The letterforms draw on local motifs such as animals, plants, tools, actions and tattoo marks. Wancho is also written in Latin and Devanagari.

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Who writes 𞋩

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Questions people ask

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Someone sent me 𞋩 alone—what does it mean?

It is a Wancho consonant. Read the surrounding word to understand it.

How to type or find 𞋩

Search it as
wancho nya · nya sound · palatal nasal · wancho script · wancho keyboard
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 1E2E9, then AltX to get 𞋩.
Windows
⊞Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win .).
macOS
⌃Control+⌘Command+␣SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “wancho letter nya”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 1e2e9, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𞋩
CSS
\1E2E9
Unicode proposal keyboard
The 2017 chart maps uppercase Y to this letter and lowercase y to Wancho Ya 𞋆; other input methods may differ.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𞋩
HTML hex
𞋩
CSS content
content: "\1E2E9";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9E%8B%A9
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On screen
1
Code points
2
JS .length
4
UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

Families this belongs to

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Indian scripts3,440 symbols