ஐ-row (கை ஙை சை …)
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The ஐ-row compound letters — uyirmey (உயிர்மெய்) — are formed by joining each of the 18 pure consonants with the vowel ஐ. The result: 18 single glyphs that each carry one consonant and one vowel sound.
How they’re formed
க் + ஐ = கை (kai) · ங் + ஐ = ஙை (ṅai) · ச் + ஐ = சை (cai)
… and so on for all 18 consonants. The vowel sign ை attaches to every consonant in the same way.