U+113D2 "𑏒" Tulu-Tigalari Gemination Mark Unicode Character

U+113D2 "𑏒" Tulu-Tigalari Gemination Mark is a diacritical mark used in the Tulu-Tigalari script, an abugida employed historically for writing the Tulu language in southwestern India. This mark functions as a modifier that indicates the doubling or lengthening of a consonant sound, known as gemination, thereby altering the phonetic value of the base consonant it is applied to within a syllable. Integral to the orthography of the Tulu-Tigalari script, this character helps represent subtle distinctions in pronunciation that are important for accurate reading and writing in the language.