OLD UYGHUR COMBINING DOT BELOW character

OLD UYGHUR COMBINING DOT BELOW
U+10F83
69507
𐾃
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Mn (Nonspacing Mark)
NSM (Nonspacing Mark)
N
220
Old Uyghur
1
SMP
Supplementary Multilingual Plane
10000-1FFFF
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OLD UYGHUR COMBINING DOT BELOW is a nonspacing combining mark (zero advance width) from the Supplementary Multilingual Plane.

The bidi class of OLD UYGHUR COMBINING DOT BELOW 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 Old Uyghur block. Old Uyghur was an alphabet used by the Uyghur people in Central Asia between the 8th and 17th centuries. The script is derived from the Sogdian script and was used to write the Old Uyghur language, which is an important early Turkic language. The Uyghur Kingdom was a major political and cultural power along the Silk Road, and its script played a key role in the region’s religious, literary, and administrative traditions. Old Uyghur was used to record texts related to Buddhism, Manichaeism, and Nestorian Christianity, making it an important script for the study of religious history in Central Asia. By including Old Uyghur in Unicode, scholars and linguists can ensure the digital preservation and study of ancient texts, contributing to the broader understanding of the cultural and historical exchanges that took place along the Silk Road. Its inclusion also supports efforts to preserve Uyghur cultural heritage, which remains important to the Uyghur people today..