U+0D46 "െ" Malayalam Vowel Sign E Unicode Character

U+0D46 "െ" Malayalam Vowel Sign E is a combining diacritical mark used in the Malayalam script to represent the short vowel sound "e" when attached to a consonant. It appears as a single curved symbol placed before the consonant character, modifying its inherent vowel sound to produce the "e" pronunciation, as in words like "പെ" (pe). This vowel sign is part of the Malayalam abugida writing system, where consonants carry an inherent vowel that is changed by such diacritics, and it plays a fundamental role in accurately representing the phonetic structure of the Malayalam language, which is primarily spoken in the Indian state of Kerala.