U+1887 "ᢇ" Mongolian Letter Ali Gali A Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+1887 "ᢇ" Mongolian Letter Ali Gali A is a specialized letter used in the Mongolian script to represent a transcription character for foreign sounds, specifically part of the Ali Gali system developed in the 16th century by Buddhist translators to render Sanskrit, Tibetan, and other Indic language terms into Mongolian. This character stands for a lowered or emphatic form of the vowel "A," helping to accurately transliterate the short vowel sound found in foreign loanwords during religious and scholarly translations. As a component of the Mongolian block in Unicode, it supports the accurate digital representation of historical texts, particularly those involving Buddhist canonical works.
General Properties
Code Point
U+1887
Name
Mongolian Letter Ali Gali A
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ᢇ
HTML Hex Encoding
ᢇ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE1 0xA2 0x87
UTF-16 Encoding
0x1887
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00001887
C/C++/Java Escape
\u1887
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Mongolian