U+081B "ࠛ" Samaritan Mark Epenthetic Yut Unicode Character

U+081B "ࠛ" Samaritan Mark Epenthetic Yut is a diacritical mark used in the Samaritan script to indicate an epenthetic or inserted /y/ sound, typically appearing above or near a consonant to modify pronunciation. It belongs to the Samaritan block of Unicode, which encodes characters for the liturgical and historical writing system of the Samaritan community. This mark is specifically applied in biblical or liturgical texts to clarify vowel quality or syllabic structure, helping readers correctly articulate words that might otherwise be ambiguous. As a combining mark, it interacts with base letters to preserve the precise oral tradition of Samaritan Hebrew and Aramaic readings.