ஆ-row (கா ஙா சா …)
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The ஆ-row compound letters — uyirmey (உயிர்மெய்) — are formed by joining each of the 18 pure consonants with the vowel ஆ. The result: 18 single glyphs that each carry one consonant and one vowel sound.
How they’re formed
க் + ஆ = கா (kā) · ங் + ஆ = ஙா (ṅā) · ச் + ஆ = சா (cā)
… and so on for all 18 consonants. The vowel sign ா attaches to every consonant in the same way.