U+0D23 "ണ" Malayalam Letter Nna Unicode Character

U+0D23 "ണ" Malayalam Letter Nna is a character in the Malayalam script used primarily to write the Dravidian language of Malayalam, predominantly spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territory of Lakshadweep. It represents a retroflex nasal consonant sound, distinct from the dental and alveolar nasals in Malayalam, and is an essential component of the script's abugida system where each character inherently carries a vowel sound unless modified by diacritics. This letter is encoded in Unicode version 1.1 under the Malayalam block and is used in standard orthography for words like "കണ്ണ്" (kaṇṇu), meaning "eye."