U+1745 "ᝅ" Buhid Letter Nga Unicode Character

U+1745 "ᝅ" Buhid Letter Nga is a character used in the Buhid script, an indigenous writing system of the Mangyan people in the Philippines, specifically for writing the Buhid language. It represents the velar nasal sound /ŋ/, similar to the "ng" in the English word "sing." This character is part of the Buhid block in Unicode, which was added to support the preservation and digital representation of this ancient script. The Buhid script itself is derived from the Brahmic family of scripts and is traditionally written in vertical columns from bottom to top, though modern usage often adapts to left-to-right horizontal writing.