இ-row (கி ஙி சி …)
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The இ-row compound letters — uyirmey (உயிர்மெய்) — are formed by joining each of the 18 pure consonants with the vowel இ. The result: 18 single glyphs that each carry one consonant and one vowel sound.
How they’re formed
க் + இ = கி (ki) · ங் + இ = ஙி (ṅi) · ச் + இ = சி (ci)
… and so on for all 18 consonants. The vowel sign ி attaches to every consonant in the same way.