U+19B6 "ᦶ" New Tai Lue Vowel Sign Ae Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+19B6 "ᦶ" New Tai Lue Vowel Sign Ae is a diacritical mark used in the New Tai Lue script, which is employed to write the Tai Lue language spoken primarily in southern China, northern Laos, Myanmar, and Thailand. This vowel sign indicates a long "ae" sound, similar to the vowel in the English word "cat," and it is placed before the consonant it modifies in the script's syllabic structure. As part of the Unicode Standard, it ensures consistent digital representation and interchange of this linguistic element across modern computer systems and platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+19B6 |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | New Tai Lue Vowel Sign Ae |
| Block | New Tai Lue |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᦶ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᦶ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xA6 0xB6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x19B6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000019B6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u19b6 |