எ-row (கெ ஙெ செ …)
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The எ-row compound letters — uyirmey (உயிர்மெய்) — are formed by joining each of the 18 pure consonants with the vowel எ. The result: 18 single glyphs that each carry one consonant and one vowel sound.
How they’re formed
க் + எ = கெ (ke) · ங் + எ = ஙெ (ṅe) · ச் + எ = செ (ce)
… and so on for all 18 consonants. The vowel sign ெ attaches to every consonant in the same way.