U+1997 "ᦗ" New Tai Lue Letter Low Pa Unicode Character

U+1997 "ᦗ" New Tai Lue Letter Low Pa is a consonant in the New Tai Lue script, a writing system used primarily for the Tai Lü language spoken by the Tai Lü people in parts of China, Myanmar, Laos, and Thailand. This specific letter represents a voiceless, unaspirated "p" sound, classified as a low tone class consonant, which influences the tone of the syllable in which it appears. The New Tai Lue script was developed in the 1950s as a reformed version of the traditional Tai Tham script, designed to simplify literacy and promote the language, and "ᦗ" is one of its standard components for writing words containing the bilabial plosive.