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| Example glyphs | |
| Bengali–Assamese | &sq=&lang=&file=File:Bengali_Letter_E.svg){kind=small} |
| Tibetan | &sq=&lang=&file=File:Tibetan_E.svg){kind=small} |
| Tamil | &sq=&lang=&file=File:Tamil-alphabet-%E0%AE%8E%E0%AE%8E.svg){kind=small} |
| Thai | เ |
| Malayalam | എ |
| Sinhala | එ |
| Ashoka Brahmi | &sq=&lang=&file=File:Brahmi_e.svg){kind=small} |
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| Properties | |
| Phonemic representation | /eː/ |
| IAST transliteration | e E |
| ISCII code point | AC (172) |
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E is a vowel of Indic abugidas. In modern Indic scripts, E is derived from the early "Ashoka" Brahmi letter after having gone through the Gupta letter &sq=&lang=&file=File:Gupta_allahabad_e.svg){kind=small}
. As an Indic vowel, E 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.