Marchen Sign Candrabindu

It marks a nasalized vowel in a Marchen syllable.

With a nasalized vowel, air also passes through the nose as you speak. Write 𑲶 after the Marchen base letter or consonant stack whose vowel it changes; by itself, it is not a syllable.

How is Marchen connected to Tibetan writing?

Few premodern examples were recorded by 2011; one of the earliest named is a Zhang-zhung inscription on a bronze seal at Menri Monastery. Marchen also appears in modern Bön literature and architectural inscriptions.

Marchen is traditionally linked to the ancient Zhang-zhung kingdom and often described as developing from Tibetan writing. The ornate greater Mar form combines Tibetan writing with its characteristic head strokes and Nāgarī, an Indian script; many such ornate forms date to after the tenth century. Related Bön scripts include Marchung, Pungchen, Pungchung, and Drusha; they are separate scripts, not spellings of Marchen.

Why is this mark missing or misplaced?

It needs a Marchen-capable font and text-shaping support.

BabelStone Marchen documents OpenType shaping for vertical consonant stacks, which lets the sign attach to its base letter or stack. Without similar support in the font or app, placement may fail or the mark may not appear.