# ꞉ U+A789 MODIFIER LETTER COLON

Colon-shaped modifier letter, used as a tone letter in Budu, Sabaot, Grebo and several Papua New Guinea languages; looks like a colon but acts as a letter.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `꞉` |
| Codepoint | U+A789 |
| Name | MODIFIER LETTER COLON |
| Block | [Latin Extended-D](https://unicodekit.com/block/latin-extended-d) |
| Script | Common |
| Category | Modifier Symbol (Sk) |
| Unicode version | 5.1 |
| HTML | `꞉` `꞉` |
| CSS | `\A789` |
| JavaScript | `\uA789` |
| UTF-8 | EA 9E 89 |
| UTF-16 | A789 |

## Notes

- used as a tone letter in some orthographies
- Budu (Congo), Sabaot (Kenya), Grebo (Liberia), and several Papua New Guinea languages

## Related characters

- ꞈ [U+A788 MODIFIER LETTER LOW CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT](https://unicodekit.com/char/A788)
- ꞊ [U+A78A MODIFIER LETTER SHORT EQUALS SIGN](https://unicodekit.com/char/A78A)
- ꞇ [U+A787 LATIN SMALL LETTER INSULAR T](https://unicodekit.com/char/A787)
- Ꞌ [U+A78B LATIN CAPITAL LETTER SALTILLO](https://unicodekit.com/char/A78B)
- Ꞇ [U+A786 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER INSULAR T](https://unicodekit.com/char/A786)
- ꞌ [U+A78C LATIN SMALL LETTER SALTILLO](https://unicodekit.com/char/A78C)
- ꞅ [U+A785 LATIN SMALL LETTER INSULAR S](https://unicodekit.com/char/A785)
- Ɥ [U+A78D LATIN CAPITAL LETTER TURNED H](https://unicodekit.com/char/A78D)
- Ꞅ [U+A784 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER INSULAR S](https://unicodekit.com/char/A784)
- ꞎ [U+A78E LATIN SMALL LETTER L WITH RETROFLEX HOOK AND BELT](https://unicodekit.com/char/A78E)
- ꞃ [U+A783 LATIN SMALL LETTER INSULAR R](https://unicodekit.com/char/A783)
- ꞏ [U+A78F LATIN LETTER SINOLOGICAL DOT](https://unicodekit.com/char/A78F)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/A789 · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/A789