U+1053A "𐔺" Caucasian Albanian Letter Yowd Unicode Character

U+1053A "𐔺" Caucasian Albanian Letter Yowd is part of the Caucasian Albanian script, an ancient alphabet used between the 5th and 12th centuries CE primarily to write the Udi language, a Northeast Caucasian language still spoken in parts of Azerbaijan and Georgia. This character represents the sound /j/, similar to the English "y" in "yes", and was one of 52 letters in the original Caucasian Albanian alphabet, which was rediscovered and deciphered through medieval Armenian manuscripts and palimpsests. Its inclusion in Unicode supports the preservation and digital representation of this historically significant script for linguistic and cultural research.