U+1A1B "ᨛ" Buginese Vowel Sign Ae Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1A1B "ᨛ" Buginese Vowel Sign Ae is a combining mark used in the Buginese script, known as Lontara, which is traditionally employed to write the Buginese language of Sulawesi, Indonesia. This diacritic modifies a base consonant character to indicate the vowel sound "ae," a specific open-mid front unrounded vowel that distinguishes meaning in the language. As part of the Unicode block for Buginese, this sign helps preserve the written representation of a language that has faced declining use in modern contexts, supporting digital documentation and revitalization efforts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1A1B |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Buginese Vowel Sign Ae |
| Block | Buginese |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᨛ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᨛ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xA8 0x9B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1A1B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001A1B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1a1b |