U+18A7 "ᢧ" Mongolian Letter Ali Gali Half Ya Unicode Character

U+18A7 "ᢧ" Mongolian Letter Ali Gali Half Ya is a specialized glyph used in the Mongolian script to represent a half-form of the letter Ya within the Ali Gali system, which was historically employed to transcribe Sanskrit and Tibetan loanwords in Buddhist texts. This character is part of the Unicode block for Mongolian, specifically the Ali Gali extensions, and it functions as a medial or final variant that reduces the typical Ya letter to a smaller or truncated shape, often to indicate a palatalized or reduced vowel sound not native to standard Mongolian orthography. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that scholars and digital typographers can accurately preserve and reproduce the complex transliteration requirements of classical Mongolian manuscripts.