U+113C8 "𑏈" Tulu-Tigalari Vowel Sign Au Unicode Character

U+113C8 "𑏈" Tulu-Tigalari Vowel Sign Au is a combining diacritical mark used in the Tulu-Tigalari script to represent the long vowel sound "au" as a modifier attached to a consonant base. This character was added as part of the Unicode Standard's support for historical and modern Tulu language texts, particularly those written in the Tigalari alphabet, which has been traditionally used for writing Tulu and occasionally Sanskrit along the coast of Karnataka, India. As a vowel sign, it appears above or adjacent to the consonant character it modifies, altering the inherent vowel sound.