U+10E80 "𐺀" Yezidi Letter Elif Unicode Character

U+10E80 "𐺀" Yezidi Letter Elif is the first letter of the Yezidi script, a writing system used to represent the Kurdish language of the Yezidi religious community. This letter corresponds to the long vowel sound /aː/ or /ɑː/ in Yezidi orthography, similar to the Arabic alif or Elif, and it marks the beginning of the alphabet. Its inclusion in Unicode under the Yezidi block (U+10E80 to U+10EBF) was a significant step in preserving and digitally enabling the Yezidi language, which has historically been an oral tradition with limited written materials.