TAI THAM VOWEL SIGN AE character

TAI THAM VOWEL SIGN AE
U+1A6F
6767
ᩯ
ᩯ
Mc (Spacing Combining Mark)
L (Left-to-Right)
N
0
Tai Tham
0
BMP
Basic Multilingual Plane
0000-FFFF
ᩯ












TAI THAM VOWEL SIGN AE is a spacing combining mark (positive advance width) from the Basic Multilingual Plane.

The bidi class of TAI THAM VOWEL SIGN AE 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 Tai Tham block. The Tai Tham block contains characters used in the Tai Tham script, which is used for writing the Northern Thai, Tai Lue, and Khün languages spoken in northern Thailand, Laos, and Myanmar. The script is an abugida, with each consonant carrying an inherent vowel sound that can be modified with diacritics. The Tai Tham script has been used primarily for religious texts, particularly in the context of Theravada Buddhism. This block includes all the necessary characters for writing in Tai Tham, reflecting its significance in the cultural and religious traditions of the Tai peoples..