U+078D "ލ" Thaana Letter Laamu Unicode Character

U+078D "ލ" Thaana Letter Laamu is a character in the Thaana script used to write the Dhivehi language of the Maldives, where it represents the voiced alveolar lateral approximant sound /l/. It belongs to a consonant-heavy alphabet that is uniquely written from right to left and features diacritical marks for vowels, drawn from Arabic and Indic influences. The letter Laamu occupies a specific place in the Thaana consonant order and is essential for constructing many common Dhivehi words, including terms related to daily life, culture, and geography in the Maldives. Its inclusion in Unicode enables digital representation and global communication for Dhivehi speakers across modern computing platforms.