E caudata

E caudata

The e caudata ("tailed e") is a modified form of the letter "E" that can be graphically represented as "E" with ogonek (ę) but which has a distinct history of usage. It was used in Latin from as early as the twelfth century to represent the vowel also written "ae" or "æ".

In Middle and Early Modern Irish manuscripts, and in unnormalised [http://www.ucc.ie/celt/index.html transcriptions] of them, e caudata is used for "e", "ae" and "ea".

The word "caudata" means "tailed" (or "with a tail") from the Latin word "cauda" "tail".

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