U+10501 "𐔁" Elbasan Letter Be Unicode Character

U+10501 "𐔁" Elbasan Letter Be is the second letter of the Elbasan alphabet, an ancient script created in the 18th century for writing the Albanian language. This character represents the sound [b] and is part of a historically significant writing system developed by the Albanian scholar and Catholic bishop, the "Venerable" Gregory of Elbasan, likely for religious manuscripts and educational purposes. The Elbasan script, which contains 40 letters including this one, fell out of use by the early 20th century, but it remains a key artifact of Albanian cultural heritage and linguistic history. Today, the letter Be is encoded in the Unicode Standard to preserve and support digital representation of this unique script.