U+113C5 "𑏅" Tulu-Tigalari Vowel Sign Ai Unicode Character

U+113C5 "𑏅" Tulu-Tigalari Vowel Sign Ai is a combining diacritical mark used in the Tulu-Tigalari script, an abugida historically employed for writing the Tulu language and sometimes Sanskrit in the coastal regions of Karnataka and Kerala, India. This specific vowel sign represents the long vowel "ai" and is placed above or attached to a consonant character to modify its inherent vowel sound, forming a syllable that begins with that consonant followed by the "ai" sound. As a relatively recent addition to Unicode in version 16.0 (released in 2024), it aids in the digital preservation and accurate representation of the Tulu language and its related Dravidian linguistic heritage.