MAKASAR VOWEL SIGN E character

MAKASAR VOWEL SIGN E
U+11EF5
73461
𑻵
𑻵

Mc (Spacing Combining Mark)
L (Left-to-Right)
N
0
Makasar
1
SMP
Supplementary Multilingual Plane
10000-1FFFF
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MAKASAR VOWEL SIGN E is a spacing combining mark (positive advance width) from the Supplementary Multilingual Plane.

The bidi class of MAKASAR VOWEL SIGN E 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 Makasar block. The Makasar script was historically used on the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia, by the Makassarese people. It is part of the broader family of Brahmic scripts that spread across South and Southeast Asia, influenced by the spread of Hinduism and Buddhism. The script was used primarily for writing Old Makassarese and religious texts until it was replaced by the Latin alphabet during the Dutch colonial period. The Unicode block for Makasar helps ensure that this script, like many others in Indonesia, is preserved for future generations. Scholars, cultural activists, and linguists now have the tools to digitally encode and study Makasar texts, which are important for understanding the region’s rich history, including its pre-Islamic and Islamic periods..