U+1C2F "ᰯ" Lepcha Consonant Sign L Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᰯ
U+1C2F "ᰯ" Lepcha Consonant Sign L is a diacritical mark used in the Lepcha script, which is employed to write the Lepcha language of Sikkim, India, and parts of Nepal and Bhutan. This specific sign functions as a consonant modifier, representing the sound of a final or postconsonantal "L" in the syllabic structure of Lepcha words. It is typically attached to the base consonant character to indicate a liquid consonant suffix, helping to distinguish words and enabling the script to accurately convey the phonetic nuances of the language, which is part of the larger Tibeto-Burman family.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1C2F |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Lepcha Consonant Sign L |
| Block | Lepcha |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᰯ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᰯ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xB0 0xAF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1C2F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001C2F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1c2f |