U+11A97 "𑪗" Soyombo Sign Visarga Unicode Character

U+11A97 "𑪗" Soyombo Sign Visarga is a diacritical mark used within the Soyombo script, an abugida historically employed to write Mongolian and Tibetan languages, most famously in the Soyombo symbol of Mongolian independence. This specific character represents a visarga, a phonetic element in Sanskrit and related languages that indicates a voiceless breathy sound, typically transliterated as "ḥ" or an aspirated h-like release after a vowel. In the Soyombo script, it functions as a modifier attached to syllables, serving to accurately notate Sanskrit Buddhist texts or Mongolian transliterations of them, thereby preserving the precise pronunciation required for liturgical and scholarly traditions. Its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve this rare script for digital records and linguistic research.