Malayalam Script

The Malayalam script is an abugida of the Brahmic family, used to write the Malayalam language. Both the language and its writing system are closely related to Tamil, although Malayalam has a larger phoneme inventory. The alphabet is classified into two categories: swarams (or vowels) and vyanjanams (or consonants). If you don't have a font that has Malayalam characters and Unicode support, the Malayalam characters in the following tables may not appear correctly.
etter!!Vowel sign!!Vowel with p !! !!Unicode name!!IPA!!Note
style="font-size:36px" align="center"|അ style="font-size:36px" align="center"|  style="font-size:36px" align="center"|പ (pa) A a short 'a'
style="font-size:36px" align="center"|ആ style="font-size:36px" align="center"|ാ style="font-size:36px" align="center"|പാ (pā) AA aː long 'a'
style="font-size:36px" align="center"|ഇ style="font-size:36px" align="center"|ി style="font-size:36px" align="center"|പി (pi) I i short 'i'
style="font-size:36px" align="center"|ഈ style="font-size:36px" align="center"|ീ style="font-size:36px" align="center"|പീ (pī) II iː long 'i'
style="font-size:36px" align="center"|ഉ style="font-size:36px" align="center"|ു style="font-size:36px" align="center"|പു (pu) U u short 'u'
style="font-size:36px" align="center"|ഊ style="font-size:36px" align="center"|ൂ style="font-size:36px" align="center"|പൂ (pu) UU uː long 'u'
style="font-size:36px" align="center"|ഋ style="font-size:36px" align="center"|ൃ style="font-size:36px" align="center"|പൃ (pr̥) VOCALIC R rɨ  
style="font-size:36px" align="center"|ഌ style="font-size:36px" align="center"|  style="font-size:36px" align="center"|    VOCALIC L   obsolete/rarely used
style="font-size:36px" align="center"|എ style="font-size:36px" align="center"|െ style="font-size:36px" align="center"|പെ (pe) E e short 'e'
style="font-size:36px" align="center"|ഏ style="font-size:36px" align="center"|േ style="font-size:36px" align="center"|പേ (pē) E eː long 'e'
style="font-size:36px" align="center"|ഐ style="font-size:36px" align="center"|ൈ style="font-size:36px" align="center"|പൈ (pai) AI ai  
style="font-size:36px" align="center"|ഒ style="font-size:36px" align="center"|ൊ style="font-size:36px" align="center"|പൊ (po) O o short 'o'
style="font-size:36px" align="center"|ഓ style="font-size:36px" align="center"|ോ style="font-size:36px" align="center"|പോ (pō) OO oː long 'o'
style="font-size:36px" align="center"|ഔ style="font-size:36px" align="center"|ൌ style="font-size:36px" align="center"|പൌ (pau) AU au  
alayalam!!Unicode Name!!Transliteration!!IPA
style="font-size:36px" align="center"| ക KA k k
style="font-size:36px" align="center"| ഖ KHA kh kh
style="font-size:36px" align="center"| ഗ GA g g
style="font-size:36px" align="center"| ഘ GHA gh gɦ
style="font-size:36px" align="center"| ങ NGA n̄ or ng ŋ
style="font-size:36px" align="center"| ച CA c tʃ
style="font-size:36px" align="center"| ഛ CHA ch tʃh
style="font-size:36px" align="center"| ജ JA j dʒ
style="font-size:36px" align="center"| ഝ JHA jh dʒɦ
style="font-size:36px" align="center"| ഞ NYA ñ or ny ɲ
style="font-size:36px" align="center"| ട TTA ṭ or tt ʈ
style="font-size:36px" align="center"| ഠ TTHA ṭh or tth ʈh
style="font-size:36px" align="center"| ഡ DDA ḍ or dd ɖ
style="font-size:36px" align="center"| ഢ DDHA ḍh or ddh ɖɦ
style="font-size:36px" align="center"| ണ NNA ṇ or nn ɳ
style="font-size:36px" align="center"| ത TA t t̪
style="font-size:36px" align="center"| ഥ THA th t̪h
style="font-size:36px" align="center"| ദ DA d d̪
style="font-size:36px" align="center"| ധ DHA d d̪ɦ
style="font-size:36px" align="center"| ന NA n n̪
style="font-size:36px" align="center"| പ PA p p
style="font-size:36px" align="center"| ഫ PHA ph ph
style="font-size:36px" align="center"| ബ BA b b
style="font-size:36px" align="center"| ഭ BHA bh bɦ
style="font-size:36px" align="center"| മ MA m m
style="font-size:36px" align="center"| യ YA y j
style="font-size:36px" align="center"| ര RA r r̪
style="font-size:36px" align="center"| ല LA l l
style="font-size:36px" align="center"| വ VA v ʋ
style="font-size:36px" align="center"| ശ SHA ś or sh ɕ
style="font-size:36px" align="center"| ഷ SSA ṣ or ss ʃ
style="font-size:36px" align="center"| സ SA s s
style="font-size:36px" align="center"| ഹ HA h ɦ
style="font-size:36px" align="center"| ള LLA ḷ or ll ɭ
style="font-size:36px" align="center"| ഴ LLLA ḻ or lll ɹ
style="font-size:36px" align="center"| റ RRA ṟ or rr r
There is no distinction of case, i.e. no uppercase and lowercase letters. Diacritics, or vowel signs, are used to associate a vowel to a consonant. When no diacritic is used, the vowel sound 'a' is assumed. To specifically denote the absence of a vowel, a chandrakkala ് (also called virama) is used.

ymbol!!Name!!Function
style="font-size:36px" align="center"|് virama or chandrakkala denotes the absence of a vowel
style="font-size:36px" align="center"|ം anusvaaram nasalizes the preceding vowel
style="font-size:36px" align="center"|ഃ visargam adds voiceless breath after vowel (like h)
In addition to these symbols, there are many more symbols to indicate ligatures of the various consonants with each other. Malayalam digits are written as follows:
alayalam!!Arabic
style="font-size:36px" align="center"|൦ 0
style="font-size:36px" align="center"|൧ 1
style="font-size:36px" align="center"|൨ 2
style="font-size:36px" align="center"|൩ 3
style="font-size:36px" align="center"|൪ 4
style="font-size:36px" align="center"|൫ 5
style="font-size:36px" align="center"|൬ 6
style="font-size:36px" align="center"|൭ 7
style="font-size:36px" align="center"|൮ 8
style="font-size:36px" align="center"|൯ 9

Malayalam in Unicode

The Unicode range for Malayalam is U+0D00 ... U+0D7F.
nbsp;   0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
00   ഀ ഁ ം ഃ ഄ അ ആ ഇ ഈ ഉ ഊ ഋ ഌ ഍ എ ഏ
10   ഐ ഑ ഒ ഓ ഔ ക ഖ ഗ ഘ ങ ച ഛ ജ ഝ ഞ ട
20   ഠ ഡ ഢ ണ ത ഥ ദ ധ ന ഩ പ ഫ ബ ഭ മ യ
30   ര റ ല ള ഴ വ ശ ഷ സ ഹ ഺ ഻ ഼ ഽ ാ ി
40   ീ ു ൂ ൃ ൄ ൅ െ േ ൈ ൉ ൊ ോ ൌ ് ൎ ൏
50   ൐ ൑ ൒ ൓ ൔ ൕ ൖ ൗ ൘ ൙ ൚ ൛ ൜ ൝ ൞ ൟ
60   ൠ ൡ ൢ ൣ ൤ ൥ ൦ ൧ ൨ ൩ ൪ ൫ ൬ ൭ ൮ ൯
70   ൰ ൱ ൲ ൳ ൴ ൵ ൶ ൷ ൸ ൹ ൺ ൻ ർ ൽ ൾ ൿ

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