LEPCHA VOWEL SIGN AA character

LEPCHA VOWEL SIGN AA
U+1C26
7206
ᰦ
ᰦ
Mc (Spacing Combining Mark)
L (Left-to-Right)
N
0
Lepcha
0
BMP
Basic Multilingual Plane
0000-FFFF
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LEPCHA VOWEL SIGN AA is a spacing combining mark (positive advance width) from the Basic Multilingual Plane.

The bidi class of LEPCHA VOWEL SIGN AA 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 Lepcha block. The Lepcha block contains characters used in the Lepcha script, which is used for writing the Lepcha language spoken in the northeastern region of India, particularly in Sikkim and West Bengal. The script is an abugida, where each consonant is written with an inherent vowel sound that can be modified with diacritics. The Lepcha script was created in the 18th century by King Phyagdor Namgyal of Sikkim and has been used primarily for religious texts, poetry, and folklore. This block includes all the necessary characters for writing in Lepcha, reflecting the script’s cultural and religious significance..