U+11441 "𑑁" Newa Vowel Sign Au Unicode Character

U+11441 "𑑁" Newa Vowel Sign Au is a combining diacritic mark used in the Newa script, which is historically employed to write the Nepal Bhasa language and other languages of the Kathmandu Valley. This vowel sign represents the sound "au" and is placed as a modifying mark attached to a consonant letter, altering its inherent vowel to create the specific au articulation. It is part of the Newa block in the Unicode standard, which encodes characters from this ancient Brahmi-derived script used in manuscripts and inscriptions in Nepal.