U+11381 "𑎁" Tulu-Tigalari Letter Aa Unicode Character

U+11381 "𑎁" Tulu-Tigalari Letter Aa is a glyph representing the first vowel in the Tulu-Tigalari script, an abugida historically used to write the Tulu language in the coastal region of Karnataka, India. This character corresponds to the long "aa" vowel sound, similar to the "a" in the English word "father," and is distinct from the shorter vowel represented by other characters in the same script. Its inclusion in Unicode supports the digital preservation and revival of this endangered script, which was traditionally employed for religious texts, inscriptions, and literature, though its modern usage has largely been supplanted by Kannada and other scripts.