BATAK VOWEL SIGN I character

BATAK VOWEL SIGN I
U+1BEA
7146
ᯪ
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Mc (Spacing Combining Mark)
L (Left-to-Right)
N
0
Batak
0
BMP
Basic Multilingual Plane
0000-FFFF
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BATAK VOWEL SIGN I is a spacing combining mark (positive advance width) from the Basic Multilingual Plane.

The bidi class of BATAK VOWEL SIGN I is Left-to-Right (Strong). It belongs to the strong left-to-right characters..

The Left-to-Right (L) bidi class is assigned to characters that are written from left to right. This includes most alphabetic characters from Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, and other scripts that are typically written in this direction. The presence of L characters in a text influences the overall text directionality in bidirectional contexts.

Spacing Mark (Mc) refers to marks that typically appear as separate characters in writing. Unlike nonspacing marks, spacing marks take up space in the text and may affect the placement of surrounding characters. They are often used in scripts like Devanagari to indicate vowel sounds.

This character belongs to the Batak block. The Batak block contains characters used in the Batak script, which is used for writing several Batak languages spoken on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. The script is an abugida, where each consonant carries an inherent vowel sound that can be modified with diacritical marks. The Batak script was traditionally used for writing religious texts, legal documents, and poetry on bamboo and tree bark. This block includes characters for all the consonants, vowels, and diacritics used in Batak, reflecting the rich cultural heritage of the Batak people and their unique writing traditions..