U+A9BA "ꦺ" Javanese Vowel Sign Taling Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꦺ
U+A9BA "ꦺ" Javanese Vowel Sign Taling is a combining diacritical mark used in the Javanese script, which is indigenous to the Indonesian island of Java. This specific vowel sign represents the long /e/ sound, akin to the “ay” in “day,” and is written to the left of a consonant letter, unlike most other vowel signs in the script that appear above, below, or to the right. It is an essential component for accurately representing the Javanese language in its traditional orthography, enabling writers to distinguish between short and long vowel pronunciations within the script's rich syllabic structure.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A9BA |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Javanese Vowel Sign Taling |
| Block | Javanese |
| General Category | Spacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꦺ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꦺ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xA6 0xBA |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA9BA |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A9BA |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua9ba |