U+188A "ᢊ" Mongolian Letter Ali Gali Nga Unicode Character

U+188A "ᢊ" Mongolian Letter Ali Gali Nga is a specific glyph used in the Mongolian script for transcribing Sanskrit and Tibetan terms, particularly within Buddhist texts, as part of the Ali Gali system designed to represent foreign sounds. This character denotes a velar nasal sound, similar to the "ng" in the English word "sing," and is distinct from the standard Mongolian letter Nga by its form and specialized transliteration purpose. It is encoded in the Unicode block for Mongolian characters and is historically significant for accurately rendering liturgical and scholarly works that were imported into Mongolian religious traditions.