Unfortunately, some historical changes have obscured this pattern by removing some previously existing palatal elements as a result of that, for a number of words the actual pronunciation of the letter e - or - must be memorized. In principle, is used when there is a palatal element (the vowels i, ī, e, ē, the diphthongs ie, ei, and the palatal consonants j, ķ, ģ, ļ, ņ, š, ž, č, dž, and, in the old spelling, ŗ) either in the same or in the following syllable otherwise, is used.

The letter Ē/ ē (like its short counterpart E/ e) represent two sounds, - šaurais e ( “ narrow e ” ) - and - platais e ( “ broad e ” ).

Despite being an independent letter with its own position in the Latvian alphabet, Ē/ ē, like all long vowels with macrons, is treated as a simple E/ e in alphabetized lists (e.g., in dictionaries).

The eighth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called garais ē and written in the Latin script.

( obsolete ) The fourth letter of the 1901-1947 orthography, written in Latin script.( Latin script ): A a B b C c D d E e F f G g H h I i J j K k L l M m N n O o P p Q q R r S ſ s T t U u V v W w X x Y y Z z.It is usually used to denote long 'e' or the middle tone of 'e'.

E with an accent mark on top