U+1991 "ᦑ" New Tai Lue Letter Low Ta Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1991 "ᦑ" New Tai Lue Letter Low Ta is a glyph from the New Tai Lue script, which is used for writing the Tai Lü language spoken primarily by the Dai people in Yunnan Province, China, and in neighboring regions of Laos, Myanmar, and Thailand. This specific character represents a low-register consonant sound, typically corresponding to a voiceless, unaspirated dental or alveolar stop. It is part of the New Tai Lue alphabet, a reformed and simplified version of the older Tai Tham script, standardized for modern education and digital use. The letter appears in sequences alongside vowel and tone marks to form syllables, contributing to the script's ability to accurately represent the tonal and phonetic distinctions of the Tai Lü language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1991 |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | New Tai Lue Letter Low Ta |
| Block | New Tai Lue |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᦑ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᦑ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xA6 0x91 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1991 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001991 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1991 |