U+11D44 "𑵄" Masaram Gondi Sign Halanta Unicode Character

U+11D44 "𑵄" Masaram Gondi Sign Halanta is a diacritical mark used in the Masaram Gondi script, which was created in the early 20th century for writing the Gondi language of central India. This sign, known as a halanta or virama, functions to suppress the inherent vowel of a consonant, creating a conjunct or a dead consonant without a following vowel sound. It is an essential component of the script's orthography, ensuring accurate representation of consonant clusters and word-final consonants in written Gondi, and it belongs to the Unicode block designated for the Masaram Gondi script, encoded in 2018 as part of Unicode version 11.0.