U+11D0B "𑴋" Masaram Gondi Letter Au Unicode Character

U+11D0B "𑴋" Masaram Gondi Letter Au is a symbol from the Masaram Gondi script, an abugida designed in the early 20th century by Munshi Mangal Singh Masaram for writing the Gondi language, which is spoken by the Gondi people in central India. This specific character represents the vowel sound "au", analogous to the diphthong in English words like "haunt" or "saucy", and it functions as a standalone vowel or as a modifying diacritic when attached to a consonant letter. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard, encoded in 2018 as part of version 11.0, ensures that digital text in the Masaram Gondi script can be accurately represented and preserved in modern computing systems, supporting the cultural and linguistic heritage of the Gond community.