SYLOTI NAGRI VOWEL SIGN A character

SYLOTI NAGRI VOWEL SIGN A
U+A823
43043
ꠣ
ꠣ
Mc (Spacing Combining Mark)
L (Left-to-Right)
N
0
Syloti Nagri
0
BMP
Basic Multilingual Plane
0000-FFFF
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SYLOTI NAGRI VOWEL SIGN A is a spacing combining mark (positive advance width) from the Basic Multilingual Plane.

The bidi class of SYLOTI NAGRI VOWEL SIGN A 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 Syloti Nagri block. The Syloti Nagri block contains characters used in the Syloti Nagri script, which is used to write the Sylheti language spoken in parts of India and Bangladesh. The script is an abugida, where each consonant has an inherent vowel sound that can be altered by adding diacritical marks. The Syloti Nagri script has a long history, dating back several centuries, and was once widely used for literary and religious texts. This block includes characters for consonants, vowels, and various diacritics. Today, there is a revival of interest in the script, particularly in the context of preserving Sylheti cultural identity..