U+1E293 "ð" Toto Letter Da Unicode Character
U+1E293 "ð" Toto Letter Da is a graphic symbol representing a specific consonant sound in the Toto script, which is used to write the Toto language, a critically endangered Tibeto-Burman language spoken by a small community in the Indian state of West Bengal. This character was added to the Unicode Standard with Version 14.0 in 2021, making it a relatively recent addition to the digital representation of global writing systems. It functions as the voiced dental plosive /dĖŠ/ in the Toto alphabet and resembles a stylized, angular form with a looping top and vertical strokes, distinct from letters of neighboring scripts. Its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve and digitally document this rare language, supporting linguistic research and cultural heritage efforts.