Malayalam script

The Malayalam script (Malayāḷalipi; IPA: [mələjɑːɭə lɪpɪ] ), also known as Kairali script is a Brahmic script used commonly to write Malayalam, which is the principal language of Kerala, India, spoken by 35 million people in the world. Malayalam script is also widely used for writing Sanskrit texts in Kerala. Like many other Indic scripts, it is an alphasyllabary (abugida), a writing system that is partially “alphabetic” and partially syllable-based. The modern Malayalam alphabet has 15 vowel letters, 36 consonant letters, and a few other symbols. The Malayalam script is a Vatteluttu alphabet extended with symbols from the Grantha alphabet to represent Indo-Aryan loanwords.The script is also used to write several minority languages such as Paniya, Betta Kurumba, and Ravula. Th

Malayalam script

The Malayalam script (Malayāḷalipi; IPA: [mələjɑːɭə lɪpɪ] ), also known as Kairali script is a Brahmic script used commonly to write Malayalam, which is the principal language of Kerala, India, spoken by 35 million people in the world. Malayalam script is also widely used for writing Sanskrit texts in Kerala. Like many other Indic scripts, it is an alphasyllabary (abugida), a writing system that is partially “alphabetic” and partially syllable-based. The modern Malayalam alphabet has 15 vowel letters, 36 consonant letters, and a few other symbols. The Malayalam script is a Vatteluttu alphabet extended with symbols from the Grantha alphabet to represent Indo-Aryan loanwords.The script is also used to write several minority languages such as Paniya, Betta Kurumba, and Ravula. Th