U+105A5 "𐖥" Vithkuqi Small Letter I Unicode Character

U+105A5 "𐖥" Vithkuqi Small Letter I is a character from the Vithkuqi script, an alphabet historically used to write the Albanian language, which was added to the Unicode Standard in 2021 as part of a significant expansion of historical writing systems. This particular character represents the lower case form of the letter that corresponds to the vowel sound /i/, and it was encoded alongside its uppercase counterpart to support the full textual representation of the script. The Vithkuqi script itself was devised in the early 19th century by Albanian scholar Naum Veqilharxhi, though it never achieved widespread adoption and fell out of common use, making its inclusion in Unicode an important effort to digitally preserve and revitalize a unique piece of Balkan cultural heritage.