U+11720 "𑜠" Ahom Vowel Sign A Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+11720 "𑜠" Ahom Vowel Sign A is a diacritical mark used in the Ahom script, which was historically employed to write the Ahom language, a now extinct Tai language once spoken in the Assam region of northeastern India. This vowel sign represents the inherent 'a' vowel sound and is placed after a consonant character to modify its pronunciation, playing a crucial role in the accurate representation of Ahom phonology. The character was included in Unicode version 11.0 in June 2018 as part of the Ahom block, aiding efforts to preserve and digitally revive the script for linguistic and cultural heritage purposes.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+11720 |
| Version Added | 8.0 |
| Name | Ahom Vowel Sign A |
| Block | Ahom |
| General Category | Spacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𑜠 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𑜠 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x91 0x9C 0xA0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD805 0xDF20 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00011720 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud805\udf20 |