U+10A19 "𐨙" Kharoshthi Letter Nya Unicode Character

U+10A19 "𐨙" Kharoshthi Letter Nya is a glyph representing a specific consonant sound in the ancient Kharoshthi script, which was historically used to write the Gāndhārī Prakrit language and other Middle Indo-Aryan dialects from around the 3rd century BCE to the 4th century CE in regions such as modern-day Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia. This character corresponds to the palatal nasal sound "nya" similar to the "ñ" in the word "canyon" and was utilized in a right-to-left writing system that appears on coins, manuscripts, and inscriptions from the Gandharan civilization. As part of the Kharoshthi block in the Unicode Standard, it preserves an essential element of the region's linguistic heritage and helps scholars accurately transcribe historical texts.