BASSA VAH COMBINING LOW TONE character

BASSA VAH COMBINING LOW TONE
U+16AF1
92913
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Mn (Nonspacing Mark)
NSM (Nonspacing Mark)
N
1
Bassa Vah
1
SMP
Supplementary Multilingual Plane
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BASSA VAH COMBINING LOW TONE is a nonspacing combining mark (zero advance width) from the Supplementary Multilingual Plane.

The bidi class of BASSA VAH COMBINING LOW TONE 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 Bassa Vah block. The Bassa Vah block contains characters used in the Bassa Vah script, which was created in the early 20th century for writing the Bassa language spoken in Liberia. The script is alphabetic, with distinct characters representing individual sounds in the Bassa language. Bassa Vah was developed by Dr. Thomas Narvin Lewis as part of a broader cultural revival among the Bassa people. This block includes all the characters needed to write in Bassa Vah, reflecting its importance in the preservation and promotion of the Bassa language and culture..