AHOM CONSONANT SIGN MEDIAL LIGATING RA character

AHOM CONSONANT SIGN MEDIAL LIGATING RA
U+1171F
71455
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Mn (Nonspacing Mark)
NSM (Nonspacing Mark)
N
0
Ahom
1
SMP
Supplementary Multilingual Plane
10000-1FFFF
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AHOM CONSONANT SIGN MEDIAL LIGATING RA is a nonspacing combining mark (zero advance width) from the Supplementary Multilingual Plane.

The bidi class of AHOM CONSONANT SIGN MEDIAL LIGATING RA is Nonspacing Mark (Weak). It belongs to the non-spacing marks, which take on the directionality of the characters to which they attach..

The Nonspacing Mark (NSM) bidi class is assigned to diacritical marks that do not occupy their own space but modify the preceding base character. NSMs are neutral in directionality but inherit the directionality of the base character they are attached to. They are essential for the accurate representation of characters with diacritics in bidirectional text.

Nonspacing Mark (Mn) refers to diacritical marks that do not occupy their own space but instead combine with a preceding base character to modify its sound or meaning. Nonspacing marks are essential in many scripts, including Latin, Arabic, and Devanagari, for accurate representation of text.

This character belongs to the Ahom block. The Ahom block contains characters used in the Ahom script, which was used for writing the Ahom language spoken by the Ahom people in Assam, India. The script is an abugida, with each consonant carrying an inherent vowel sound that can be modified with diacritics. The Ahom script was used for religious texts, chronicles, and official records during the Ahom Kingdom (13th to 19th centuries CE). This block includes all the characters needed to write in Ahom, reflecting its significance in the cultural and historical heritage of the Ahom people..