U+10B80 "𐮀" Psalter Pahlavi Letter Aleph Unicode Character

U+10B80 "𐮀" Psalter Pahlavi Letter Aleph is the first letter of the Psalter Pahlavi script, an abjad used to write Middle Persian primarily in Zoroastrian religious manuscripts and inscriptions. This script takes its name from the Psalter, a collection of Psalms, where early examples of its book hand were found. As an aleph, it functions as a consonant representing a glottal stop or serving as a placeholder for vowels in this writing system, and its inclusion in Unicode allows for the accurate digital encoding and preservation of these historically significant texts.