BAMUM LETTER KOGHOM character

BAMUM LETTER KOGHOM
U+A6EF
42735
ꛯ
ꛯ
Nl (Letter Number)
L (Left-to-Right)
N
0
Bamum
0
BMP
Basic Multilingual Plane
0000-FFFF
ꛯ












BAMUM LETTER KOGHOM is a letterlike numeric character from the Basic Multilingual Plane.

The bidi class of BAMUM LETTER KOGHOM is Left-to-Right (Strong). It belongs to the strong left-to-right characters..

The Left-to-Right (L) bidi class is assigned to characters that are written from left to right. This includes most alphabetic characters from Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, and other scripts that are typically written in this direction. The presence of L characters in a text influences the overall text directionality in bidirectional contexts.

Letter Number (Nl) refers to characters that are considered letters but also have a numerical value. Examples include Roman numerals and other similar characters used in various writing systems to represent numbers.

This character belongs to the Bamum block. The Bamum block contains characters used in the Bamum script, which is used for writing the Bamum language spoken in Cameroon. The script was created in the late 19th century by King Njoya of the Bamum Kingdom, who wanted to develop a writing system for his people. The Bamum script went through several stages of evolution, from pictographic symbols to a syllabary, before becoming fully alphabetic. This block includes characters from the later stages of the script, which is still used today for cultural and educational purposes in Cameroon. The Bamum script is an example of a modern indigenous script developed in Africa and reflects the rich cultural heritage of the Bamum people..