What 𑄜 means
It marks the p released with a clear puff of breath. In a Chakma syllable, 𑄜 carries the script's built-in vowel. A dependent vowel sign changes it; virama (a mark that cancels the vowel) or maayyaa suppresses it.
Chakma writing descends from Brahmi, an early South Asian script tradition, through a Mon–Burmese branch. Linguist George Grierson documented the Chakma alphabet in 1903; that is a record date, not an invention date.
As of 2026, Boidyos—village medicine practitioners—use Chakma writing to record medicinal plants, herbs, and roots. Bengali script is the majority choice for writing Chakma, while revival work also uses traditional Chakma writing to express cultural identity and a preference for the community's own script. The Tanchangya alphabet, used by a distinct community, was based on Chakma and deliberately altered to mark a separate identity.
A Chakma letter used for spelling words.
By itself, it identifies a letter; the surrounding text supplies the sender's message.
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Questions people ask
1Why does Chakma phaa look different across fonts?
As of 2026, Chakma forms used in India and Bangladesh differ slightly in roundness. Fonts also shape following vowel marks and conjuncts differently, changing their placement without changing the encoded letter.
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Codes and encoding1 code points
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