U+102AB "𐊫" Carian Letter O Unicode Character

U+102AB "𐊫" Carian Letter O is part of the Carian script, an ancient writing system used to represent the Carian language, which was spoken in the region of Caria in western Anatolia (modern-day Turkey) during the first millennium BCE. This character represents the vowel sound "o" and was deciphered through comparative analysis with other Anatolian scripts and bilingual inscriptions, notably the Carian-Greek texts found in Egypt. The letter belongs to the Carian block of Unicode, added in version 5.1 of the standard to support the digital preservation and study of this extinct language, which is documented in over 200 surviving inscriptions primarily on stone.