| Ai | |
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| Bengali–Assamese | &sq=albert einstein&lang=en&file=File:Bengali_Letter_Ai.svg){kind=small} |
| Tamil | &sq=albert einstein&lang=en&file=File:Tamil-alphabet-%E0%AE%90%E0%AE%90.svg){kind=small} |
| Thai | ไ |
| Malayalam | ഐ |
| Sinhala | ඓ |
| Ashoka Brahmi | &sq=albert einstein&lang=en&file=File:Brahmi_ai.svg){kind=small} |
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| Cognates | |
| Hebrew | ע |
| Greek | Ο, Ω |
| Latin | O |
| Cyrillic | О, Ѡ, Ѿ, Ꙋ, Ю |
| Properties | |
| Phonemic representation | /ɐi/ /ɔi/ /ɛː/ |
| IAST transliteration | ai Ai |
| ISCII code point | AD (173) |
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Ai is a vowel of Indic abugidas. In modern Indic scripts, Ai is derived from the early "Ashoka" Brahmi letter . 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.