Chakma Letter Kaa

It marks the k consonant and inherent long a in Chakma syllables.

Read 𑄇 with its built-in long a unless a written vowel sign changes it. Maayyaa is a mark that cancels that vowel, leaving the consonant at a syllable end or before another consonant. Neighboring letters complete the syllable.

How did the Chakma script develop?

It grew from an older South Asian writing tradition.

The Chakma script belongs to a regional branch of the Brahmi family, an old South Asian writing tradition. Chakma community history also describes palm-leaf manuscripts as part of its inheritance.

Community accounts describe village healers keeping records of plants, herbs, and roots in the script. It is also adapted for closely related Tanchangya. In 2025, community teaching paired script literacy with religious instruction, while digital corpus work represented Chakma in native Chakma, Bengali-script, and romanized forms.

How do I type Chakma letter Kaa?

Use a keyboard layout that includes Chakma.

A Chakma layout such as Easy Chakma enters 𑄇 as the base letter; add the vowel sign or maayyaa needed by the spelling. One letter alone may not make the complete syllable.

If the character appears as a box or blank, the selected font may lack Chakma coverage. The 2009 encoding proposal records rounder regional forms in India and Bangladesh, so supported fonts can draw this letter with different silhouettes.