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| Example glyphs | |
| Bengali–Assamese | &sq=&lang=&file=File:Bengali_Letter_Au.svg){kind=small} |
| Tamil | &sq=&lang=&file=File:Tamil-alphabet-%E0%AE%94%E0%AE%94.svg){kind=small} |
| Malayalam | ഔ |
| Sinhala | ඖ |
| Ashoka Brahmi | 𑀒 |
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| Cognates | |
| Hebrew | ו |
| Greek | Ϝ (Ϛ), Υ (Ȣ) |
| Latin | F, V, U, W, Y, Ⅎ |
| Cyrillic | Ѕ, У (Ꙋ), Ѵ, Ю |
| Properties | |
| Phonemic representation | /ɐːʊ/ /ou/ /ɔː/ |
| IAST transliteration | au Au |
| ISCII code point | B1 (177) |
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Au is a vowel of Indic abugidas. In modern Indic scripts, Au is derived from the middle "Kushana" Brahmi letter &sq=&lang=&file=File:Gupta_ashoka_au.svg){kind=small}
, and the Gupta letter &sq=&lang=&file=File:Gupta_allahabad_au.svg){kind=small}
. As an Indic vowel, Au 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.