U+1889 "ᢉ" Mongolian Letter Ali Gali Ka Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+1889 "ᢉ" Mongolian Letter Ali Gali Ka is a specific glyph used within the Mongolian script to represent a foreign sound, primarily for transcribing loanwords and Sanskrit or Tibetan terms that do not occur natively in the Mongolian language. Its name "Ali Gali" refers to a special set of characters created for religious and scholarly texts, particularly in Buddhist contexts, to accurately render sounds from other languages. This character is distinct from the standard Mongolian letter Ka, as it carries a diacritical mark or modification that alters its phonetic value, making it an essential tool for precise transliteration in historical and liturgical writings.
General Properties
Code Point
U+1889
Name
Mongolian Letter Ali Gali Ka
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ᢉ
HTML Hex Encoding
ᢉ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE1 0xA2 0x89
UTF-16 Encoding
0x1889
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00001889
C/C++/Java Escape
\u1889
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Mongolian