U+1BE6 "᯦" Batak Sign Tompi Unicode Character

U+1BE6 "᯦" Batak Sign Tompi is a diacritical mark used in the Batak script, an abugida native to the Batak people of North Sumatra, Indonesia. This sign, called tompi, functions as a vowel lengthener, extending the duration of the inherent vowel of a consonant character when attached above it. It is part of the Unicode block for Batak, which was encoded in version 6.0 of the Unicode Standard in 2010, aiding in the digital preservation and typing of this traditional writing system.