U+AA03 "ꨃ" Cham Letter E Unicode Character

U+AA03 "ꨃ" Cham Letter E is a grapheme used in the Cham script, an abugida traditionally employed to write the Cham languages of Cambodia and Vietnam. This specific character represents the vowel sound /eː/ when it appears in word initial positions, but in most contexts it functions as a diacritic-like vowel carrier that combines with a preceding consonant to form a syllable. The Cham script, which has origins in the Brahmic family of scripts, was historically used for monumental inscriptions dating back to the 4th century, though today it sees reduced usage primarily in religious and cultural contexts among the Cham community.