Mro letter wa

An unrounded vowel, like “oo” in “food.”

Mro, also called Mru, is a language spoken mainly in Bangladesh and nearby parts of Myanmar. 𖩗 represents /ɯ/: raise the back of your tongue as for “oo,” but leave your lips unrounded. Mro spells vowels with full letters, so this one stands on its own instead of attaching to a consonant.

How did the Mro script begin?

Menlay Murang created the Mro script in the 1980s to restore writing for the Mro people.

A traditional Mro story says an earlier script was lost when a cow ate the book carrying it from the god Turai. Mro-cha means “human beings” among speakers; neighboring groups have called the community Murong, translated as “strangers.” These names vary among communities.

Is Mro related to another script?

No established script ancestry is described.

Unicode 16.0.0 describes Mro as unrelated to existing scripts; visual resemblance alone does not establish shared ancestry.