ஏ-row (கே ஙே சே …)
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The ஏ-row compound letters — uyirmey (உயிர்மெய்) — are formed by joining each of the 18 pure consonants with the vowel ஏ. The result: 18 single glyphs that each carry one consonant and one vowel sound.
How they’re formed
க் + ஏ = கே (kē) · ங் + ஏ = ஙே (ṅē) · ச் + ஏ = சே (cē)
… and so on for all 18 consonants. The vowel sign ே attaches to every consonant in the same way.