U+10FBF "𐾿" Chorasmian Letter Samekh Unicode Character

U+10FBF "𐾿" Chorasmian Letter Samekh is a glyph from the Chorasmian script, a historical writing system used in the ancient Central Asian region of Chorasmia (modern-day Khwarezm in parts of Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan) primarily during the early medieval period. This letter represents the sound equivalent to the Semitic samekh, which is a voiceless sibilant, likely corresponding to an /s/ or a similar fricative. The Chorasmian alphabet itself was derived from the Aramaic script and underwent stylistic developments before being largely supplanted by Arabic writing after the Islamic conquests. Encoding this character in Unicode helps preserve and digitize the linguistic heritage of an extinct and little documented Iranian language, enabling scholars and digital archivists to access and study ancient inscriptions and texts with greater accuracy.