U+1048A "𐒊" Osmanya Letter Dha Unicode Character

U+1048A "𐒊" Osmanya Letter Dha is a specific glyph representing the voiced dental fricative sound, similar to the “th” in the English word “that.” It belongs to the Osmanya script, an alphabetic system devised in the early 20th century by Osman Yusuf Kenadid for writing the Somali language. This script was created to replace the Arabic alphabet for Somali and was officially used in Somalia for a period, though it was later largely supplanted by the Latin alphabet. The character is encoded in the Unicode Standard’s Osmanya block, ensuring its preservation and digital representation for linguistic and historical purposes.