BENGALI SIGN VIRAMA character

BENGALI SIGN VIRAMA
U+09CD
2509
্
্
Mn (Nonspacing Mark)
NSM (Nonspacing Mark)
N
9
Bengali
0
BMP
Basic Multilingual Plane
0000-FFFF
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BENGALI SIGN VIRAMA is a nonspacing combining mark (zero advance width) from the Basic Multilingual Plane.

The bidi class of BENGALI SIGN VIRAMA 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 Bengali block. The Bengali block includes characters used in the Bengali script, which is used for writing Bengali, Assamese, and several other languages in eastern India and Bangladesh. The script is also an abugida, where consonants have an inherent vowel sound. This block contains characters for vowels, consonants, numerals, and various diacritical marks that modify the vowel sounds or silence the inherent vowel. Bengali is the fifth most spoken language in the world, and this script is central to its rich literary tradition, which includes works from Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore..