U+1059C "𐖜" Vithkuqi Small Letter De Unicode Character

U+1059C "𐖜" Vithkuqi Small Letter De is part of the Vithkuqi alphabet, a historical script developed in the 19th century by the Albanian scholar Naum Veqilharxhi to write the Albanian language. This character represents the sound /d/ and is used in lowercase form within the script, which was designed to be a distinct and simplified writing system for Albanians during a period of cultural and linguistic revival. The Vithkuqi script, named after the village of Vithkuq, was not widely adopted but remains a significant part of Albanian typographic heritage, and its letters were added to the Unicode Standard in 2021 as part of the Vithkuqi block to preserve this unique writing system for digital and scholarly use.