U+11388 "𑎈" Tulu-Tigalari Letter Vocalic L Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𑎈
U+11388 "𑎈" Tulu-Tigalari Letter Vocalic L is a specific character used in the Tulu-Tigalari script, which historically was employed for writing the Tulu language in parts of coastal Karnataka and Kerala, India, and is currently undergoing digital revival. This letter represents a vocalic l sound, a type of syllabic consonant that functions as a vowel in the phonological system of the script, akin to the vocalic L found in other Brahmic writing systems. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that texts written in the Tulu-Tigalari script can be digitally represented and preserved, supporting efforts to revitalize and document this endangered script.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+11388 |
| Version Added | 16.0 |
| Name | Tulu-Tigalari Letter Vocalic L |
| Block | Tulu-Tigalari |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𑎈 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𑎈 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x91 0x8E 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD804 0xDF88 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00011388 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud804\udf88 |