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Malayalam Alphabets [ÎÜÏÞ{¢ ¥føÎÞÜ]
Malayalam is spoken in the South Indian state of
Kerala and is a language in the Dravidian Family of 5
languages and does not belong to the Indo-European Family.
But Malayalam has been heavily influenced by Sanskrit in
its alphabets, grammar and later literary developments.
There is a theory which states that all Indian languages
including Sanskrit and Dravidian, derived their scripts
from Brahmi.
Vowels
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| ¥ |
¦ |
§ |
¨ |
© |
ª |
« |
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| A |
Aa |
I |
Ii |
U |
Uu |
R^ |
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| ®
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¯
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æ® |
² |
³
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´ |
¥¢
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¥£ |
| E |
Ee |
Ay |
O |
Oo |
Ou |
Am |
Ah |
Consonants
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| µ |
¶ |
· |
¸ |
¹ |
| Ka |
Kha |
Ga |
Gha |
Nga |
| ºå |
» |
¼ |
½ |
¾ |
| Ca |
Cha |
Ja |
Jha |
Nja |
| ¿ |
À |
Á |
 |
à |
| Ta |
Tda |
Da |
Dda |
Ña |
| Ä |
Å |
Æ |
Ç |
È |
| Tha |
Ttha |
da |
dha |
Na |
| É |
Ë |
Ì |
Í |
Î |
| Pa |
Pba |
ba |
bha |
Ma |
| Ï |
ø |
Ü |
Õ |
{ |
| Ya |
Ra |
La |
Va |
^La |
| Ö |
× |
Ø |
Ù |
ù |
| ´sa |
sha |
sa |
ha |
^ra |
Special derived letters
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| W |
Z |
V |
Y |
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| L |
^L |
R |
^N |
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Combination Letters Example
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| A |
ºî |
G |
J |
M |
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| KKa |
Chcha |
TTa |
THtha |
PPa |
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As seen from the map of India below, Kerala is the
only state in India to claim 100% literacy! 
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