U+170F "ᜏ" Tagalog Letter Wa Unicode Character

U+170F "ᜏ" Tagalog Letter Wa is a character from the Hanunoo script, a pre-colonial Philippine abugida used primarily by the Mangyan peoples of Mindoro to write the Hanunoo language. It represents the syllable "wa" and is encoded as part of the Unicode Standard's Block for Hanunoo, which was added in version 3.2 of June 2002. The character is composed of a distinct curved shape with an open top, typical of the script's flowing, cursive-like strokes, and it is written left-to-right. In contemporary usage, the Hanunoo script remains significant for cultural preservation, though it is largely reserved for poetry, signage, and formal documents among the Hanunoo community.