Ai (Indic)

Ai
Ai
Example glyphs
Bengali–AssameseAi
TamilAi
Thai
Malayalam
Sinhala
Ashoka BrahmiAi
DevanagariAi
Cognates
Hebrewע
GreekΟ, Ω
LatinO
CyrillicО, Ѡ, Ѿ, Ꙋ, Ю
Properties
Phonemic representation/ɐi/ /ɔi/ /ɛː/
IAST transliterationai Ai
ISCII code pointAD (173)

Ai is a vowel of Indic abugidas. In modern Indic scripts, Ai is derived from the early "Ashoka" Brahmi letter ng. As an Indic vowel, Ai comes in two normally distinct forms: 1) as an independent letter, and 2) as a vowel sign for modifying a base consonant. Bare consonants without a modifying vowel sign have the inherent "A" vowel.